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Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Ruby on Rails Developer - (Remote)💼 Full-time💰 $244,000–$366,000🗓 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and evolve the Kubernetes platform, service mesh, networking, storage, CI/CD pipelines, and observability to enable teams to ship fast and safely.

Role type

Principal IC Platform Engineer (Core Infrastructure)

Builds

Kubernetes platform, service mesh, IaC modules, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Kubernetes architecture, service mesh design, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD pipeline design, production observability, database/storage systems (SQL/NoSQL), AI tool integration, incident management, SLO definition, capacity planning

Preferred skills

Enterprise governance compliance, GDPR/data privacy experience, AI-driven test generation, AIOps for incident triage

Technologies

Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Terraform, SQL, NoSQL, AI tools

Responsibilities

Architect and evolve the Kubernetes platform and service mesh; Define platform SLOs and drive incident learning; Improve developer velocity with measurable results; Lead capacity planning and build cost/security guardrails; Write high-impact code and automation; Embed AI in the developer experience

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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