Software Engineer, Kubernetes

Redpanda Data; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech leading company based in the UK is looking for a talented Go developer with strong expertise in Kubernetes. This 100% remote role involves developing and maintaining the Kubernetes operator and related Helm charts. The ideal candidate is passionate about distributed systems and has strong communication skills. You'll work with a diverse team across the globe, contributing to innovative engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Go and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Professional fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining Kubernetes operator.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams.
• Contribute to the test coverage of the operator.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Parallelism

Communication skills

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

Slack

Job description

Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Built on a multi-modal data streaming engine, Redpanda empowers agentic applications that reason and act in real-time with speed, autonomy, and precision.

Global leaders including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments, Vodafone and 2 of the top 5 banks in the U.S. rely on Redpanda to process hundreds of terabytes of data a day.

Backed by premier venture investors Lightspeed, GV and Haystack VC, Redpanda is a diverse, people-first organization with teams distributed around the globe.

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Go developer with strong expertise in Kubernetes to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will focus on developing and maintaining our Kubernetes operator and related Helm charts. You will collaborate closely with our cloud and core engineering teams to build robust and scalable systems, with an emphasis on stability and safe upgrades with zero downtime.

You Will

• Contribute to our Kubernetes operator and Helm chart, both internally and for customers and members of our community
• Be an expert at all things Kubernetes, influencing designs and implementations of Redpanda running over both managed and unmanaged Kubernetes
• Contribute meaningfully to the test coverage of operator
• Participate in an on-call escalation chain, help drive down problems that lead to on-call escalations, and help drive improving on-call quality of life

You Have

• Passion for working on deeply technical projects and wanting to work on distributed systems, concurrency & parallelism, and correctness
• Strong understanding of Go and Kubernetes
• Experience and comfortable working with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, in the open and a self-starter
• Passion to grow a culture of written tradition
• Comfort working within a small team and 100% distributed engineering org collaborating on GitHub, JIRA, Slack, and video meetings
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Professional fluency in English (written and verbal) for collaboration with our English-speaking team

Please highlight if applicable to you

• Working knowledge of building Kubernetes operators for storage systems
• Experience building a SaaS platform
• Operated and used streaming platforms either as a user or provider

Redpanda is used by Fortune 1000 enterprises pushing hundreds of terabytes a day, as well as by the solo dev prototyping a React application on her laptop. Think of it as a streaming data API platform that scales with you from the smallest projects to petabytes of data distributed across the globe.

Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, 100% remote organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.