Platform Engineer (Kubernetes), Mid-Level

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Clera is building an early-stage infrastructure team in San Francisco to simplify production Kubernetes for demanding AI workloads. You will shape the platform layer, enable multi-cluster management, and collaborate across systems engineering, automation, and cloud-native infrastructure.

You will write Go, create Kubernetes operators, implement GitOps with ArgoCD, and develop IaC with Terraform and Helm while integrating Ceph/WEKA storage and Prometheus/Grafana observability.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software development experience with Go in Kubernetes environments.
• Hands-on experience writing Go for production-scale clusters and managing distributed storage like Ceph or WEKA.
• Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus IaC using Terraform, Helm or similar tools.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, managed Kubernetes, container networking, or service mesh tech.
• Prometheus and Grafana experience is useful; contributions to open-source infra projects are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
• Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline CD.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision clusters.
• Work with distributed storage technologies such as Ceph and WEKA for scalable cluster storage.
• Create observability systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health.
• Build and optimize container networking with Cilium for security and observability.
• Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
• Develop automation that reduces operational work for teams running production workloads.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

GitOps

ArgoCD

Terraform

Helm

Distributed storage

Prometheus

Grafana

Cilium

Multi-cluster

Automation

Tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Terraform

Helm

Ceph

WEKA

Prometheus

Grafana

Cilium

Federated Kubernetes

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join an early-stage team building infrastructure that makes production Kubernetes easier to deploy and manage for demanding AI workloads. You will help shape the platform layer and its multi-cluster capabilities, working across systems engineering, automation, and cloud-native infrastructure.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
• Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
• Work with distributed storage technologies such as Ceph and WEKA for scalable cluster storage.
• Create observability systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
• Build and optimize container networking with Cilium for security and observability.
• Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
• Develop automation that reduces operational work for teams running production workloads.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• At least 2 years of software development experience, with approximately 5 years preferred.
• Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production-scale clusters.
• Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, federated Kubernetes, and multi-cluster management.
• Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, Helm, or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, managed Kubernetes, container networking, or service mesh technologies.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana is useful, as are contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Annual salary of $180,000 to $210,000 USD.

Visa sponsorship is available.

LOCATION

This is a full-time, on-site role in San Francisco, California, United States.