Staff Platform Engineer – Kubernetes & Multi-Cloud

Snyk Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Snyk is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to set the technical direction for our Runtime Foundation platform. You will lead high-impact, cross-team infrastructure initiatives and act as a trusted authority for engineering teams across Snyk, shaping Kubernetes at scale and multi-cloud architecture.

Join a security-first team shaping production reliability, Terraform module design, and helm chart standards across a large, multi-cloud estate.

Qualifications

• Extensive production infra experience at scale in multi-team settings.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm and multi-cloud environments (AWS/GCP).
• Ability to frame problems, build alignment across teams, and communicate trade-offs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Set technical strategy for the platform and roadmap with engineering and product leadership.
• Lead cross-team, org-level infra initiatives from framing to production rollout.
• Act as a technical authority for engineering teams, establishing standards for secure, reliable infrastructure.
• Drive architecture direction for Kubernetes at scale, including upgrade strategies and complex issue diagnosis.
• Define in-cluster service architecture and Helm chart standards; shape Terraform module architecture at scale.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Multi-cloud AWS/GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Snyk is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to set the technical direction for our Runtime Foundation platform. You will lead high-impact, cross-team infrastructure initiatives and act as a trusted authority for engineering teams across Snyk, shaping Kubernetes at scale and multi-cloud architecture.

Join a security-first team shaping production reliability, Terraform module design, and helm chart standards across a large, multi-cloud estate.