Senior Go & Kubernetes Cloud-Native Engineer (Remote)

Kubermatic GmbH; Ireland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first setup CET ±4h

International engineering team

Room for growth

English as working language

Job summary

Kubermatic GmbH is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with strong Go and Kubernetes expertise to join our Engineering team. You will build and improve cloud-native software, tackle distributed systems challenges and own technical components in a remote-first, international environment.

You will collaborate across engineering leadership, design robust backends, controllers, and APIs, and help shape architecture while maintaining high standards for reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Go (Golang).
• Solid experience with Kubernetes and its ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience building Kubernetes controllers and operators with controller-runtime and Kubebuilder.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes internals and APIs.
• Good knowledge of distributed systems, microservices and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience developing and maintaining APIs and backend services.
• Familiarity with Docker, Linux, Git and CI/CD.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership and solve complex technical problems.
• Fluent English (C1).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services and applications using Go.
• Build and improve Kubernetes-based solutions, including controllers, operators and APIs.
• Design and implement scalable, reliable and maintainable software architectures.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimize system performance.
• Contribute to code reviews, testing and engineering best practices.
• Take ownership of technical projects and features from design to implementation.
• Collaborate with engineers and technical leadership on architectural decisions and new solutions.

Skills

Go programming

Kubernetes knowledge

Distributed systems

Backend APIs

CI/CD practices

Code reviews

Ownership mindset

English communication

Tools

Kubebuilder

controller-runtime

Docker

Linux

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Kubermatic GmbH is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with strong Go and Kubernetes expertise to join our Engineering team. You will build and improve cloud-native software, tackle distributed systems challenges and own technical components in a remote-first, international environment.

You will collaborate across engineering leadership, design robust backends, controllers, and APIs, and help shape architecture while maintaining high standards for reliability and performance.