New Relic

Software Engineer - Container Fabric

New Relic • $126K — $158K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes, including building custom Operators.
  • Strong programming skills in Go, focused on infrastructure automation.
  • Experience managing production environments and resolving incidents effectively.
  • Demonstrated ability to ensure system stability and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and enhance Kubernetes infrastructure for optimal performance.
  • Develop internal tooling to automate and streamline platform operations.
  • Manage Kubernetes clusters' Day 1 and Day 2 operations with scaling frameworks.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams for production environment management.
  • Lead resolutions during high-severity incidents calmly and effectively.

Benefits

  • Healthcare, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Parental leave and planning support.
  • Mental health benefits available.
  • 401(k) plan with matching contributions.
  • Flexible time-off, including 11 paid holidays and volunteer time-off.
Full Job Description
Your opportunity

Join New Relic's Container Fabric (CF) team and play a pivotal role in shaping our global internal platform. You will work at the very heart of our infrastructure, building resilient, scalable systems that empower engineering teams across the entire business. If you thrive on solving complex, large-scale challenges and enjoy the tangible impact of high-availability platform orchestration, this is your chance to elevate your technical reach.

You will be given the autonomy to drive platform evolution, work with state-of-the-art cloud-native tools, and push the boundaries of modern infrastructure.

What you'll do
  • Platform Orchestration: Oversee and enhance a massive Kubernetes infrastructure platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability.
  • Automation & Engineering: Evolve internal tooling to eliminate manual overhead and streamline platform delivery across global teams.
  • Lifecycle Management: Manage Day 1 and Day 2 operations for Kubernetes clusters using modern scaling frameworks.
  • Operational Excellence: Partner with a supportive engineering team to manage production environments and lead high-severity incident responses calmly and efficiently.

This role requires

  • Infrastructure Expertise: A background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering managing production environments.
  • Kubernetes Mastery: Deep working knowledge of K8s primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and hands-on experience building custom Kubernetes Operators.
  • Golang Proficiency: Strong skills in Go for systems programming and infrastructure automation.
  • Production Focus: Proven experience managing production stability, monitoring, and resolving high-severity incidents.

Bonus points if you have
  • Experience with cloud-native auto-scaling technologies such as Karpenter or Cluster API.
  • Practical familiarity with Helm and GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux to manage continuous deployment workflows.


Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant's skills, qualifications, and experience.

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

Estimated Base Pay Range

$126,000-$158,000 USD

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

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About New Relic

New Relic is a software analytics company that provides real-time insights into application performance. The company's cloud-based platform collects and analyzes data from software applications and infrastructure, allowing customers to optimize their digital experiences. New Relic's products are used by a wide range of customers, including e-commerce companies, financial services firms, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about New Relic
Size
2,217 employees
Market Cap
$3.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$158.8 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+24.4%
Revenue
$654.6 million
NASDAQ

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