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Senior/Staff Platform Engineer

Austin, USRemoteFull-time2026-10-02 → 2026-11-10
Remote

Core

Design, build, operate, and evolve large-scale production Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure, focusing on reliability, automation, and troubleshooting complex systems.

Role type

Senior/Staff Platform Engineer (hands-on IC)

Builds

Production Kubernetes platforms, automation tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and observability systems

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, distributed systems

Required skills

Kubernetes (cluster architecture, networking, CNI, scheduling), Linux, Go/Python/Java, Terraform, Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Alicloud), Observability (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry), Incident response, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD

Preferred skills

Multi-cluster Kubernetes, Hybrid cloud, Kubernetes operators/controllers, Infrastructure migrations

Technologies

Kubernetes, Terraform, Go, Python, Java, AWS, GCP, Alicloud, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Ansible, Puppet, Docker

Responsibilities

Design and operate production Kubernetes clusters; Write automation and tooling in Go/Python/Java; Lead incident response and root cause analysis; Build and maintain CI/CD workflows; Develop observability solutions; Mentor engineers and drive technical decisions

Seniority

Senior/Staff, highly autonomous IC