Cloud Platform Architect: Kubernetes & Observability Leader

11105 Expedia, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 249,000 - 349,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to architect and guide our Cloud Platform as part of the Technology division in San Jose. You will own the architectural evolution toward a cell-based, scalable platform, define Kubernetes strategy, and drive reliable, observable, cost-aware cloud infrastructure.

You will lead multiple teams, craft API and data models, and shape a developer-friendly environment with standardized Dev Containers and AI-assisted tooling, balancing

Qualifications

• Extensive professional software development experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud-native distributed systems and platform services on Kubernetes.
• Proven ownership of critical services or multi-service platforms, including responsibility for system design, API design, data modeling, deployment, and ongoing operational health.
• Deep expertise with at least one major public cloud provider and core platform technologies (compute, networking, storage, service discovery, security, observability, and CI/CD).
• Demonstrated ability to make high-impact architectural decisions, navigate complex trade-offs, and guide multiple teams toward long-term technical direction.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products within cloud or platform environments.
• Deep knowledge of observability patterns (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, distributed tracing).
• Expert-level understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi) and CI/CD at scale.
• Proficiency in Go, Rust, or similar languages used in modern platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead Architectural Evolution toward a Cell-Based Architecture and scalable, multi-cluster Kubernetes strategy.
• Modernize Kubernetes & Infrastructure with emphasis on automation, service mesh, and cost-conscious design.
• Harden reliability and observability through SRE standards, advanced incident response, and robust SLAs/SLIs.
• Optimize cloud economics via FinOps tooling and cloud spend governance to align with business value.
• Support developer workflows with agent-friendly infra, standardized Dev Containers, and AI-assisted tooling.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Go

Rust

Observability

Terraform

Pulumi

CI/CD

SRE

AI/ML concepts

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to architect and guide our Cloud Platform as part of the Technology division in San Jose. You will own the architectural evolution toward a cell-based, scalable platform, define Kubernetes strategy, and drive reliable, observable, cost-aware cloud infrastructure.

You will lead multiple teams, craft API and data models, and shape a developer-friendly environment with standardized Dev Containers and AI-assisted tooling, balancing