Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform - Kubernetes - Distributed Systems - Federal
Core
Design, build, and operate cloud-native platform components and services, including Kubernetes controllers and automation, to support US Regulated Markets.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (IC4 Level) - Data Platform
Builds
Cloud-native platform components, operators, controllers, automation, and platform services
Domain
Cloud-native distributed systems, Kubernetes, US Regulated Markets
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes operations, Go programming, hyperscaler cloud primitives (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, AI integration in engineering
Preferred skills
Kubernetes controllers/operator pattern, container networking (CNI), service mesh, workload identity, mTLS, secrets management, observability (metrics/tracing/dashboards), managed Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Terraform
Responsibilities
Design and build cloud-native components from design to production, lead well-scoped projects, collaborate on platform architecture, ensure reliability and scalability via testing and instrumentation, participate in on-call, mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship
