Senior Staff Software Engineer (Kubernetes, Operators, CRD, Go) - Federal
Core
Design and delivery of shared, multi-tenant platform services (Postgres, queueing/streaming, key-value stores) on Kubernetes, serving as the technical anchor for availability and resilience.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (IC5 Level)
Builds
Shared infrastructure services (managed Postgres, Kafka/NATS/RabbitMQ, Redis/Valkey/etcd) running on Kubernetes across a global fleet.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Required skills
Kubernetes (stateful primitives, operators, CRDs), Go, distributed systems design, high availability/failover, hyperscaler cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, system design (consistency, partitioning, capacity planning), observability/SLOs, multi-tenancy design.
Preferred skills
Kubernetes operators for stateful systems, deep expertise in Postgres/Kafka/Redis internals, cross-region replication and DR testing, zero-downtime upgrades, container networking (CNI) and service mesh, Terraform/Crossplane.
Responsibilities
Lead design and delivery of shared platform services; define HA/failover/DR architecture; act as technical lead on major initiatives; identify and resolve technical risks; mentor engineers; hands-on coding and reviewing core systems.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities