Platform Architect: Cloud Native & Kubernetes Leader

nscaleoperationsukltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale Operations UK Ltd in New York is seeking a Senior Staff Cloud Native Software Engineer to shape the long‑term coherence of a broad cloud‑native platform. This role blends hands‑on depth with architectural leadership across multiple teams, defining multi‑year roadmaps and standards for the platform.

You will drive high‑leverage technical work, mentor engineers, and create shared patterns to reduce fragmentation while guiding teams through ambiguous, high‑impact decisions affecting

Qualifications

• Experience designing large‑scale Kubernetes‑native platform systems across multiple teams.
• Ability to define and lead architecture across broad platform areas with ambiguity and long horizons.
• Strong track record of creating leverage through standards, roadmaps, shared abstractions, and cross‑team technical leadership.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, Kubernetes internals, control plane architecture, and production operational design.
• Experience leading major technical initiatives spanning multiple teams with influence without formal authority.
• Strong judgement balancing delivery, platform consistency, and maintainability.
• Ability to identify systemic technical risks and address them through architecture and standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to drive adoption of technical direction across engineering areas.
• Strong mentoring track record, helping senior engineers grow into Staff-level leaders.
• Grounding in Linux, networking, and infrastructure fundamentals; knowledge of GPU/AI workloads is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical roadmap for a broad platform pillar spanning multiple teams or domains.
• Lead major architectural initiatives affecting multiple subsystems and platform capabilities.
• Ensure architectural decisions across teams contribute to a coherent long-term platform direction.
• Identify weaknesses, duplication, and architectural drift, and drive corrective action.
• Translate strategic product and infrastructure goals into clear technical direction for multiple teams.
• Define pillar-wide standards for controller and operator design, API/CRD design, versioning, and observability.
• Maintain consistency in Kubernetes usage, reconciliation semantics, service boundaries, and failure handling.
• Review designs to prevent divergence and accidental coupling across teams.
• Drive high-leverage technical work that spans teams and improves architectural outcomes.
• Mentor staff and senior engineers, raising the technical bar through architecture reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Kubernetes design

Platform architecture

Distributed systems

Cross-team leadership

Linux fundamentals

Networking basics

Communication skills

AI workload awareness

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Nscale Operations UK Ltd in New York is seeking a Senior Staff Cloud Native Software Engineer to shape the long‑term coherence of a broad cloud‑native platform. This role blends hands‑on depth with architectural leadership across multiple teams, defining multi‑year roadmaps and standards for the platform.

You will drive high‑leverage technical work, mentor engineers, and create shared patterns to reduce fragmentation while guiding teams through ambiguous, high‑impact decisions affecting