Kubernetes Platform Engineer for Scalable Systems

Harrison Clarke; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A scaling startup is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to manage a Kubernetes-based platform. You will be responsible for improving developer velocity, production reliability, and cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code. Key tasks include evolving the Kubernetes platform, enhancing CI/CD processes, and driving system reliability in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates should have cloud experience and strong automation skills, particularly in Terraform or similar tools.

Qualifications

• Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Infrastructure-as-Code skills (Terraform/Pulumi/CloudFormation).
• CI/CD experience and a pragmatic approach to reliability and on‑call.
• Comfort with Linux, networking fundamentals, and debugging distributed systems.
• Ability to automate with code (Python/Go/Bash).

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure with Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Improve CI/CD and release safety.
• Drive reliability through observability and incident response.
• Improve performance and cost through capacity planning and right-sizing.

Skills

Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Infrastructure-as-Code skills (Terraform/Pulumi/CloudFormation)

CI/CD experience

Comfort with Linux

Ability to automate with code (Python/Go/Bash)

Job description

A scaling startup is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to manage a Kubernetes-based platform. You will be responsible for improving developer velocity, production reliability, and cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code. Key tasks include evolving the Kubernetes platform, enhancing CI/CD processes, and driving system reliability in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates should have cloud experience and strong automation skills, particularly in Terraform or similar tools.