Frontend Engineer: Real-Time UI for Kubernetes Platform

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Clera, a venture-backed Kubernetes infrastructure company, is hiring a Frontend Engineer to design and build interfaces for its flagship platform in San Francisco. This role is pivotal and on-site, requiring a strong background in frontend fundamentals, particularly with Next.js, React, and Kubernetes.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years with Kubernetes and hands-on experience in observability tooling. Competitive compensation and early-stage equity opportunities are part of the package.

Qualifications

• Strong frontend fundamentals with shipping user-facing infrastructure tools.
• Experience in building applications using Next.js, React, and Tailwind.
• Familiarity with Convex for real-time/reactive UIs.
• Production Kubernetes experience, including CRDs and troubleshooting.
• Infrastructure as Code proficiency with Terraform and Helm.
• Deep GitOps experience with ArgoCD and deployment patterns.
• Observability tooling proficiency with Prometheus and Grafana.
• 5+ years working in Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Strong Go skills for distributed systems components.

Responsibilities

• Own the cluster management user interface and provisioning flows.
• Design and build visualization systems for distributed state.
• Integrate with Kubernetes APIs and backend systems.
• Prototype interaction patterns and iterate based on feedback.
• Collaborate with backend teams for frontend architecture.
• Establish best practices for frontend code quality.

Skills

Frontend fundamentals

Next.js applications

React

Tailwind

Convex

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

GitOps

Prometheus

Grafana

Go programming

Job description

Clera, a venture-backed Kubernetes infrastructure company, is hiring a Frontend Engineer to design and build interfaces for its flagship platform in San Francisco. This role is pivotal and on-site, requiring a strong background in frontend fundamentals, particularly with Next.js, React, and Kubernetes.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years with Kubernetes and hands-on experience in observability tooling. Competitive compensation and early-stage equity opportunities are part of the package.