Infra Platform Engineer - Remote-First (Go/K8s)

Docker, Inc; United States; Remote; CAD 115,210 - 197,841; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freedom & flexibility

Quarterly Whaleness Days

Home office setup

16 weeks paid Parental leave

Technology stipend

PTO plan

Training stipend

Equity options

Docker Swag

Medical benefits and retirement

Job summary

A leading software company seeks an experienced backend software engineer to join their remote-first team in Canada. The role involves building and operating platform services, coding with Go, and automating workflows. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years in backend engineering, strong skills in cloud services, and a solid foundation in networking and Linux. Join a passionate team that values innovation, flexibility, and diversity while contributing to impactful projects.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend software engineering experience building large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Strong software development skills in Go or a similar language, including design, testing, debugging, and code review.
• Experience shipping and operating cloud services in production, often 3+ years.
• Solid foundation in Linux, networking fundamentals, and cloud security.
• Experience building operational automation, including AI-assisted workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate internal platform services and APIs in Go.
• Codify infrastructure with Terraform and GitOps practices.
• Operate and scale multi-tenant EKS clusters.
• Build and iterate on workflows that reduce operational toil.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Go programming

Operational automation

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Cloud security

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitOps

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Job description

A leading software company seeks an experienced backend software engineer to join their remote-first team in Canada. The role involves building and operating platform services, coding with Go, and automating workflows. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years in backend engineering, strong skills in cloud services, and a solid foundation in networking and Linux. Join a passionate team that values innovation, flexibility, and diversity while contributing to impactful projects.