Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)
Clera San Francisco, California, United States · $180K–$210K/yr
Technology, Information and Internet · 11-50 employees
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About the role
You will build and maintain platform features using Go, Kubernetes operators, and GitOps workflows to support AI workloads. Additionally, you will design infrastructure-as-code patterns and observability systems to ensure cluster health and performance.
What they look for
Requirements
The role requires at least 2 years of software development experience with hands-on expertise in Go and Kubernetes environments. Candidates should also have experience with distributed storage, GitOps tools, and infrastructure automation.
Benefits
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About the Role
Join an early-stage infrastructure team building tools that simplify production Kubernetes operations for demanding AI workloads. You will help develop the platform and systems behind reliable, multi-cluster infrastructure.
What You'll Do
- Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
- Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
- Create infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
- Work on distributed storage using Ceph and WEKA.
- Build observability systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
- Optimize container networking with Cilium and related technologies.
- Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
- Automate recurring infrastructure work and reduce operational overhead for 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, including production-scale cluster management.
- Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA and federated, multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.
- Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, Helm, or comparable tools.
- Familiarity with container networking, CNI plugins, service meshes, and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Experience with cloud Kubernetes offerings, bare-metal infrastructure, or GPU workloads is useful.
- Automation experience and contributions to Kubernetes or other open-source infrastructure projects are valued.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $180,000 to $210,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
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