Platform Engineer, Kubernetes

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage AI infrastructure team building tools that simplify production Kubernetes operations. You will help develop platform capabilities for managing clusters and demanding workloads across infrastructure environments. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers. - Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment. - Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters. - Work with distributed storage technologies such as Ceph and WEKA. - Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana. - Build and optimize container networking with Cilium. - Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management. - Automate operational workflows to reduce the overhead of running production workloads. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 2 years of software development experience, with around 5 years preferred. - Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production Kubernetes clusters at meaningful scale. - Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, federated Kubernetes architectures, and multi-cluster management. - Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform and Helm or comparable tools. - Familiarity with container networking, CNI plugins, service mesh technologies, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. - Experience automating infrastructure or operational workflows; familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, GPUs, or bare-metal infrastructure is useful. - Strong software development fundamentals and interest in cloud-native infrastructure. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary is $180,000 to $210,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.