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Principal / Distinguished Engineer - Mulit-Cloud Control Plane - Kubernetes

San Diego, California, us💼 Full-time💰 $254,500–$254,500🗓 2026-07-10 → 2026-07-31

Core

Setting technical direction for a multi-cloud Kubernetes control plane, defining architecture for distributed systems and hyperscaler infrastructure at scale.

Role type

Principal / Distinguished Engineer (Platform Architecture)

Builds

Multi-cloud topology, control-plane design, workload isolation, identity and trust fabric, and reliability systems for hundreds of clusters.

Domain

Cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP), Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Large-scale distributed systems design, Kubernetes at scale, Hyperscaler managed offerings expertise, Technical leadership across teams, Operator/controller pattern, Infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, Go programming, Cloud-native ecosystem fluency

Preferred skills

Identity and trust fabrics (SPIFFE/SPIRE), Multi-tenant workload isolation, Regulated/federal market platforms, Observability at scale, Platform-as-product mindset

Technologies

Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE, Crossplane, CNI, Service Mesh, Kata Containers, mTLS

Responsibilities

Define architecture and standards for cloud-native platform across multiple engineering teams, Own ambiguous technical problems in multi-cloud topology and control-plane design, Partner with senior technical leaders to drive architectural decisions, Identify and mitigate biggest technical risks with C-suite visibility, Personally design and build critical components like control planes and operators, Mentor staff and principal engineers

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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