Principal Kubernetes Control Plane Engineer

Bitdeer; San Jose (CA); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Bitdeer is seeking a senior distributed systems engineer to design and implement scalable control planes for AI and mining infrastructure. You will work on Kubernetes-based platforms, develop Operators, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and security.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of production experience, strong Go expertise, and a track record of scaling multi-tenant cloud services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with Go.
• Extensive Kubernetes ecosystem experience (Operators, API Server, etcd, Cluster API).
• Proven ability to operate and scale large distributed systems in production.
• Deep understanding of multi-tenancy, cluster federation and API governance.
• Experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform, CI/CD).
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Design and implement scalable control plane architectures using Cluster API to enable fleet-wide automation.
• Develop custom Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to streamline lifecycle management and orchestration.
• Optimize etcd performance and ensure rock-solid state management across distributed cloud regions.
• Implement secure, multi-tenant isolation mechanisms at the API server layer to support enterprise-grade security and tenancy.
• Architect solutions for zero-downtime upgrades and multi-cluster federation to provide a seamless user experience for our AI customers.
• Collaborate with AI Scheduling and Fabric engineering teams to ensure the control plane integrates with GPU orchestration layers.
• Lead design reviews and mentor engineers to uphold high standards of distributed systems architecture across the team.
• Drive platform reliability by identifying and mitigating failure modes in the control plane chassis before they impact customer training or inference jobs.

Connaissances

Go

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Multi-tenancy

Cluster federation

API governance

Terraform

CI/CD

Technical leadership

Communication

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE

Outils

Kubernetes Operators

CRDs

etcd

Cluster API

Terraform

CI/CD

Description du poste

• Full-Time
• AI Cloud
• San Jose, CA / Austin, TX - Remote (within locations)

Bitdeer is a world-leading technology company for AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure.

Bitdeer is committed to providing comprehensive Bitcoin mining solutions for its customers and building AI computational infrastructure to support the AI revolution. Bitdeer handles complex processes involved in computing such as equipment procurement, transport logistics, data center design and construction, equipment management, and daily operations. Bitdeer also offers advanced cloud capabilities to customers with high demand for artificial intelligence.

Headquartered in Singapore, Bitdeer has deployed data centers across multiple countries, including the United States, Norway, Bhutan, and Ethiopia.
To learn more, visit https://ir.bitdeer.com/

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable control plane architectures using tools like Cluster API to enable fleet-wide automation.


• Develop custom Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to streamline lifecycle management and orchestration.


• Optimize etcd performance and ensure rock-solid state management across distributed cloud regions.


• Implement secure, multi-tenant isolation mechanisms at the API server layer to support enterprise-grade security and tenancy.


• Architect solutions for zero-downtime upgrades and multi-cluster federation to provide a seamless user experience for our AI customers.


• Collaborate with AI Scheduling and Fabric engineering teams to ensure the control plane integrates tightly with GPU orchestration layers.


• Lead design reviews and mentor engineers to uphold high standards of distributed systems architecture across the team.


• Drive platform reliability by identifying and mitigating failure modes in the control plane chassis before they impact customer training or inference jobs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.


• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with deep, hands-on expertise in Go.


• Extensive experience contributing to or extending the Kubernetes ecosystem (e.g., Operators, API Server, etcd, Cluster API).


• Proven track record of operating, debugging, and scaling large-scale distributed systems in production environments.


• Deep understanding of multi-tenancy models, cluster federation, and API governance in cloud-native environments.


• Familiarity with infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform, CI/CD pipelines) and managed cloud services.


• Strong technical leadership skills; ability to influence architectural decisions and align cross-functional teams.


• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex system requirements into manageable engineering milestones.


• Experience working in high-velocity, high-growth engineering environments is highly preferred.

Bitdeer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in accordance with country, state, and local laws. Bitdeer does not discriminate against employees or applicants based on conditions such as race, color, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital and/or parental status, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnic background or social origin, social status, disability, age, indigenous status, and union.