Principal / Distinguished Engineer - Multi-Cloud - Control Plane - Kubernetes
Core
Setting technical direction for cloud-native platform architecture and standards across multiple engineering organizations, focusing on Kubernetes, distributed systems, and hyperscaler infrastructure at scale.
Role type
Principal / Distinguished Engineer (Multi-Cloud Control Plane)
Builds
Control planes, operators, infrastructure abstractions, and systems for hundreds of clusters and dozens of product workloads.
Domain
Cloud-native, Multi-cloud, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Hyperscalers
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems design, Kubernetes at scale (multi-cluster/region/tenant), Hyperscaler expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP), Technical leadership across teams, Operator/Controller pattern, Infrastructure-as-code, Control planes (Crossplane), GitOps, Container networking (CNI), Service mesh, Go programming
Preferred skills
Identity and trust fabrics (workload identity, mTLS, SPIFFE/SPIRE), Multi-tenant workload isolation, Runtime security (Kata Containers), Regulated/federal market platforms (FedRAMP), Observability at scale, Platform-as-product mindset
Technologies
Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE, Crossplane, Go, mTLS, SPIFFE, SPIRE, Kata Containers
Responsibilities
Define architecture and standards for cloud-native platform, own ambiguous technical problems in multi-cloud topology and control-plane design, partner with senior leaders to drive architectural decisions, identify and mitigate technical risks, personally design and build critical components, mentor staff and principal engineers
Seniority
Distinguished, org-wide technical authority & mentorship