Cloud Software Engineer – Managed Kubernetes

WebHosting; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lease bike plan

Job summary

Leaseweb is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to join the Container Services team, focusing on Managed Kubernetes. You will design, develop and maintain components that automate deployment, configuration and management of Kubernetes clusters for customers.

The role emphasizes Cloud-native thinking, observability and scalable architectures. You will work in a remote-first environment with the Amsterdam headquarters as a regular in-person gathering, contributing to a multidisciplinary team that

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Proficiency in Golang and building cloud-native services.
• Familiarity with containerization, Helm charts and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain a platform to automate Kubernetes delivery and management.
• Collaborate with agile team and Product Owner to refine backlog and implement features.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, observability and reliability of the platform.
• Participate in on-call rotations and diagnose complex issues.
• Contribute to open-source projects when possible.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

Cloud platforms

Containers

On-call experience

Tools

Docker

Helm

ArgoCD

Job description

Cloud Software Engineer – Managed Kubernetes

Leaseweb ·Netherlands, Remote

Job Description

The Container Services team is responsible for delivering Leaseweb Managed Kubernetes a platform that empowers customers to deploy, manage, and update their own Kubernetes clusters while simplifying the complexity that comes with running them at scale. We are looking for a motivated Cloud Software Engineer to help build and evolve this product.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals (software engineers, system engineers, scrum master, product owner and product management) that strive to make our product better.

Product Engineering at Leaseweb

Our team of approximately 145 engineers works in small scrum teams, each with end-to-end responsibility for a specific product or part of our architecture. We work on a remote-first basis, coming together in person at our Amsterdam headquarters twice a year.

Our organizational structure is flat, placing a high value on independence and entrepreneurship. The atmosphere is informal and relaxed, creating a highly motivating work environment where you will work alongside some of the most inspiring colleagues in the industry.

What is the role about?

In your role as a Cloud Software Engineer in the Container Services team, you are responsible for designing, developing and maintaining a platform that automates the delivery and management of Kubernetes Cluster for our customers. Your main activity will be working together with the team to design, implement and maintain the components that powers our product.

The components you will work on are responsible for deploying Virtual machines, configuring network, volumes, firewall rules, load-balancing and a lot of cloud-related concepts, making Kubernetes deployment work with Leaseweb Public Cloud.

In your journey, you may have to handle multiple parts of our tech stack: Kubernetes, Golang, Containers, ArgoCD, Helm charts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Propose innovative solutions to meet the product’s needs.
• Research, evaluate & recommend tools or components to improve our product, or satisfy a need.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner and the rest of the agile team to refine Product Backlog Increments & prioritize impactful features.
• Improve & maintain our platform, ensuring high-availability and scalability.
• Troubleshoot, Reproduce, Debug and resolve complex issues.
• Collaborate on open-source projects.
• Regular on-call duty (EOD-Engineer on Duty).

Who are you?

You have experience for developing Kubernetes operators in Golang. You are looking for new opportunities. You enjoy building new solutions using the latest technologies. You believe that continuous improvement also applies to yourself and have the desire to grow. You are not afraid to experiment but at the same time keep in mind observability, scalability, stability and reliability.

• Have proven and demonstrable knowledge of programming languages, (e.g. Golang).
• Experience with developing & implementing Kubernetes components (e.g. Operators, Controllers, Custom Resource Definition CRD, Cluster API)
• Experience with creating container images with Docker files, Kubernetes Manifest and Helm charts.
• Experience with Kubernetes and related projects.
• Good knowledge of cloud related concepts, such as networking, storage, and virtualization.
• Able to collaborate with colleagues, perform code review.
• Able to work in a development team using common scrum practices.

Benefits include:

• Lease bike plan