Platform Metal Engineer - Remote Infra & Kubernetes

Far Coder; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 72,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Remote work

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Platform Metal squad, focusing on on-premises resources and Kubernetes control plane. The role involves building and provisioning hardware-backed infrastructure and operating in a remote-first team across the UK.

You will work with Go, Python and Shell, manage Crossplane/Terraform modules, and contribute to scalable, reliable platforms with strong collaboration and ownership.

Qualifications

• Experience with distributed systems and large-scale platforms.
• Ability to design docs and integrate feedback into production work.
• Strong collaboration in a remote, async-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage physical 'Metal' environment from bare metal to Kubernetes.
• Manage cluster networking components including NAT, DNS, and CNI.
• Oversee scheduling and autoscaling for on-prem resources.
• Maintain Crossplane and Terraform modules for CSP resources.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Shell

Terraform

Rust

Tools

Crossplane

Tanka

Jsonnet

Karpenter

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Platform Metal squad, focusing on on-premises resources and Kubernetes control plane. The role involves building and provisioning hardware-backed infrastructure and operating in a remote-first team across the UK.

You will work with Go, Python and Shell, manage Crossplane/Terraform modules, and contribute to scalable, reliable platforms with strong collaboration and ownership.