Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Kubernetes
Core
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer building custom Kubernetes operators and proof-of-concepts to help enterprises securely deploy AI agents on their existing infrastructure.
Role type
Senior IC platform engineer (Kubernetes & AI)
Builds
Custom Kubernetes operators, deployment tooling, and production-ready AI agent environments
Domain
Enterprise AI, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Kubernetes cluster architecture, Helm authoring, GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD), Operator/CRD development (Go, Kubebuilder/Operator SDK), observability (Prometheus/OpenTelemetry), production code design, customer-facing debugging
Preferred skills
MCP servers, AI agent tooling, AI coding assistants, agentic workflows
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Helm, Flux, ArgoCD, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Grafana
Responsibilities
Drive end-to-end forward-deployed engagements from scoping to production, design platform changes for Kubernetes deployment, act as technical SME for enterprise adoption, coach teammates on Kubernetes expertise, build reusable tooling and playbooks
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
