Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Go & Automation)

New Relic, Inc.; Cleveland (OH); Remote; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Parental leave and planning

Mental health benefits

401(k) plan and match

Flexible time-off

11 paid holidays

Volunteer time-off

Other competitive benefits

Job summary

New Relic, Inc. is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Container Fabric team, shaping a global internal platform.

You will work at the heart of our infrastructure, building scalable systems that empower engineering teams across the business to operate reliable Kubernetes workloads. You will drive platform evolution, work with state-of-the-art cloud-native tools, and push the boundaries of modern infrastructure while maintaining focus on production stability and incident response.

Qualifications

• Infrastructure Expertise: background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering managing production environments.
• Kubernetes Mastery: Deep working knowledge of K8s primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and hands-on experience building custom Kubernetes Operators.
• Golang proficiency: strong Go skills for systems programming and automation.

Responsibilities

• Platform Orchestration: Oversee and enhance a massive Kubernetes infrastructure platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability.
• Automation & Engineering: Evolve internal tooling to eliminate manual overhead and streamline platform delivery across global teams.
• Lifecycle Management: Manage Day 1 and Day 2 operations for Kubernetes clusters using modern scaling frameworks.
• Operational Excellence: Lead high-severity incident responses calmly and efficiently with a collaborative engineering team.

Skills

Kubernetes mastery

Golang proficiency

Production focus

Automation

Incident response

Tools

Karpenter

Cluster API

Helm

ArgoCD

Flux

Job description

New Relic, Inc. is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Container Fabric team, shaping a global internal platform.

You will work at the heart of our infrastructure, building scalable systems that empower engineering teams across the business to operate reliable Kubernetes workloads. You will drive platform evolution, work with state-of-the-art cloud-native tools, and push the boundaries of modern infrastructure while maintaining focus on production stability and incident response.