Cloud Compute Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Go

IBM; Abbots Worthy; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Compute Platform team, building the cloud-native compute platform that powers IBM Cloud workloads. You will design, implement services and Kubernetes controllers using Go, and help manage workloads across clusters with a focus on reliability and scalability.

You will work with product managers and engineers, contribute to design discussions, write tests and runbooks, and participate in code reviews to drive robust, observable systems across

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and operating production software.
• Proficiency with Go and the ability to learn Go
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts like deployments, services, controllers, or operators.
• Understanding distributed systems, APIs, networking, or cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with software testing, debugging, monitoring, and incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement services, APIs, and Kubernetes controllers using Go.
• Contribute to systems that manage workload placement, lifecycle, and state across Kubernetes clusters.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to understand requirements and deliver reliable solutions.
• Participate in technical design discussions and evaluate implementation trade-offs.
• Improve reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of existing systems.
• Write automated tests, documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to teammates.
• Help investigate and resolve production issues as part of the team’s operations.
• Collaborate with partner teams across Confluent Cloud to support end-to-end platform functionality.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

APIs

Testing & debugging

Tools

Go tooling

Kubernetes controllers

gRPC

Protobuf

AWS

Docker

Job description

IBM is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Compute Platform team, building the cloud-native compute platform that powers IBM Cloud workloads. You will design, implement services and Kubernetes controllers using Go, and help manage workloads across clusters with a focus on reliability and scalability.

You will work with product managers and engineers, contribute to design discussions, write tests and runbooks, and participate in code reviews to drive robust, observable systems across