Staff Engineer, Platform (R6019)
Core
Design and operate Kubernetes-native platform services, distributed orchestration, and data-processing infrastructure to support autonomy, ML Ops, and simulation workloads.
Role type
Staff Platform Engineer (Kubernetes & Distributed Systems)
Builds
Kubernetes controllers, operators, deployment patterns, runtime integrations, and reusable platform primitives for distributed workloads.
Domain
Defense technology, cloud-native infrastructure, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Python, Kubernetes, distributed systems architecture, workflow orchestration, observability, technical standards definition, cross-team collaboration
Preferred skills
Kubernetes operators/CRDs, Ray/Temporal/Argo, NATS/Kafka/Pulsar, Terraform/Helm/ArgoCD, OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Python, Ray, Temporal, Argo Workflows, NATS, Kafka, Terraform, Helm, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus
Responsibilities
Develop Kubernetes-based services and controllers; design distributed orchestration capabilities; build reliable data-processing infrastructure; create reference architectures for multi-environment deployment; advance observability and operability; partner with downstream teams to solve recurring infrastructure problems.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with architectural leadership