Senior Kubernetes Engineer - Remote Role

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Kubernetes Engineer to join our dynamic Platform Engineering team. This remote role is ideal for engineers who treat infrastructure as software and are passionate about enhancing developer productivity. You will play a crucial role in managing the health, security, and scalability of our production clusters, ensuring a seamless "Golden Path" from code commit to production.

What You’ll Do

• Manage Kubernetes at Scale: Take full ownership of cluster lifecycle management—upgrades, scaling, and performance tuning.
• Standardize Infrastructure: Use Terraform to build modular, reusable infrastructure that serves as the foundation for our product teams.
• Enable Self-Service: Design and implement CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions) that allow developers to deploy and manage their own services safely.
• Optimize for Reliability: Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting for distributed systems to ensure high availability and performance.
• Security & Compliance: Harden clusters using RBAC, Network Policies, and secret management best practices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of dedicated experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or DevOps.
• Mastery of Kubernetes (Experience with CKA/CKS level tasks is expected).
• Strong proficiency in Terraform.
• Experience building production CI/CD pipelines.
• Expertise in Bash or Python for systems automation.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud platforms.
• Understanding of cloud-native applications and infrastructure as code.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary in the range of $120,000 to $140,000 per year.
• 100% remote work flexibility.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborative and innovative team environment.
• Potential for contract extension based on performance.