OSS & Product Engineer at Pipekit

Matcha; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Fully remote

Learning budget

Equipment budget

Job summary

Pipekit is building the software infrastructure powering modern data and AI systems, and we are the primary maintainers of Argo Workflows. We work with large Argo users and innovate at the edge of Kubernetes-native workflow orchestration.

This role focuses on owning impact across our product and OSS ecosystem while shaping enterprise features and developer experience. You will engage with customers and contributors, contribute to architectural decisions, and participate in an on-call rotation

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in a statically typed language (Go/Java/Rust/C++).
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes and cloud services.
• Self-starter who drives ideas to completion.
• Passion for building production-grade distributed systems.
• Excellent written communication across code, docs, and blogs.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive impact across the product and Argo ecosystem.
• Maintain and evolve Argo Workflows and Argo Events; manage PRs and major decisions.
• Shape our enterprise product with a premium developer experience at its core.
• Turn ideas into features by identifying user pain points and shipping critical features.
• Engage with the OSS community and customers; participate in on-call rotation.
• Speak at conferences like KubeCon and ArgoCon to expand our voice.

Skills

Go

Java

Rust

C++

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Tools

Docker

AWS

GitHub

Job description

Who We Are

Hi! We’re Pipekit, and we’re building the software infrastructure that powers modern data and AI systems. As the primary maintainers of the open-source Argo Workflows project, we advance Kubernetes-native workflow computing - pushing the performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems.

We work directly with some of the largest Argo users in the world, supporting mission-critical deployments at organizations like Absci, Bloomberg, Intuit, Tensordyne, and Centrica Energy. The learning from these relationships drive upstream improvements to the runtime and help us develop our proprietary enterprise control plane.

Why Join Pipekit?

We're growing fast: Four of the largest financial and fintech institutions in the Americas trust us with their most critical systems, and Pipekit is #1 in the Argo ecosystem for commits landed over the past six months.

We’re remote-first: Work from anywhere between the US East Coast and Eastern European time zones, including their Southern Hemisphere equivalents.

We’re innovating at the edge: Work on cutting edge open source Kubernetes native workflow orchestration trusted by teams at CERN, NASA, and many others.

What You’ll Do

• Own and drive impact across our product and the open source Argo ecosystem.

• Maintain and evolve Argo Workflows and Argo Events, managing both PRs and major architectural decisions.

• Build and shape our enterprise product with a premium developer experience at its core.

• Turn ideas into features: Help shape our roadmap, identify user pain points, and ship critical features.

• Engage with the community: Talk to customers, collaborate with OSS contributors, and be part of an on-call rotation (mostly during working hours).

• Speak at conferences like KubeCon and ArgoCon, and help expand our voice across the cloud-native world.

What Makes You a Great Fit

We're looking for T-shaped engineers: deep in one area, ideally distributed systems, and broad across many.

Must-haves:

• Strong programming skills in a statically typed language, such as Go, Java, Rust, or C++

• Solid understanding of Kubernetes

• You’re a self-starter who can take a rough idea and drive it to completion

• Passion for building production-grade systems and working cross-functionally

• Excellent written communication, whether GitHub comments, docs, or blog posts

• Customer-first mindset, with a focus on delivering real value

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with Go microservices, TypeScript/React, or Python

• Experience managing cloud services, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• OSS maintenance experience, contributing code, and engaging with the community

How you work:

• You balance shipping fast with maintaining code quality. You won't spend weeks perfecting something that could ship this week, but you also won't skip critical architecture reviews.

• You’re driven by outcomes, not just output

• You love shipping software that solves real problems

• You’re endlessly curious, always learning, and love leveling up your skills

What You’ll Get

• Competitive compensation, adjusted to leveling and geography

• Pipekit equity plan

• Fully remote, with optional co-working space access

• Learning and development budget

• $500 equipment budget

We strongly encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply, even if you don't meet every qualification. Research shows women and underrepresented groups often don't apply unless they check every box. But we'd love to hear from you if you're interested and have most of the skills we're looking for. Diverse perspectives make us better.