Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Clera

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of software development experience, particularly in Go and Kubernetes.
  • Experience in building developer tools or infrastructure products.
  • Proficiency with GitOps practices and tools, especially ArgoCD.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and Helm for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies or CNI plugins is advantageous.
  • Experience with major cloud platforms and their Kubernetes services.
  • Contributions to open source projects or components related to Kubernetes are a plus.
  • Strong motivation to learn and adapt in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

  • Build and extend key platform features using Go and Kubernetes.
  • Design and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to enhance deployment processes.
  • Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Helm for cluster management.
  • Work on distributed storage solutions for scalability and performance.
  • Create monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to ensure cluster health.
  • Optimize container networking for both security and observability.
  • Design and implement federated architectures for effective multi-cluster management.
  • Create automation tools to ease operational tasks for developers.

Benefits

  • Competitive equity options to align with company growth.
  • Comprehensive benefits designed to attract and retain top talent globally.
Full Job Description
About the role

You'll join as a Platform Engineer focused on building and evolving a Kubernetes-based platform that abstracts complexity while preserving power. Work closely with the founding team to design systems, GitOps workflows, and the infrastructure layer that enables multi-cluster management for developers.
What you'll do
  • Build and extend core platform features using Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
  • Design and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
  • Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
  • Work on distributed storage solutions for high-performance, scalable storage.
  • Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
  • Build and optimize container networking for security and observability.
  • Design and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
  • Build automation tooling to reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads.
  • Contribute to open source components and establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member.
What we're looking for
  • 2+ years of software development experience with a strong foundation in Go and Kubernetes.
  • Experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.
  • Proficiency with GitOps and ArgoCD; experience with CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and Helm; familiarity with Ansible or Kubespray is a plus.
  • Background with service mesh technologies or CNI plugins.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.
  • Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or similar open source projects are a plus.
  • Strong willingness to learn on the job and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Compensation & benefits

Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 annually. Equity and benefits are competitive and designed to attract and retain global talent.
Location

Primary location: San Francisco, CA, United States. On-site role with opportunities for occasional remote collaboration where appropriate.

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