CareerPlan

Senior Staff Data Platform Software Engineer

San Diego, CALIFORNIA, usFull-time$181k2026-11-01 → 2026-11-12
HybridCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Designing and implementing features and services within a cloud-native data platform, building operators, controllers, and automation that other teams depend on.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data Platform)

Builds

Cloud-native platform components, operators, controllers, automation, and platform services

Domain

Cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, hyperscaler platforms

Required skills

Go, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, hyperscaler core primitives (AWS/Azure/GCP), container networking, observability

Preferred skills

Kubernetes controllers/operator pattern, mTLS, secrets management, workload identity

Responsibilities

Design and build cloud-native platform components, lead well-scoped projects, collaborate on architecture alignment, ensure reliability and scalability via testing and instrumentation, participate in on-call, mentor junior engineers

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship