Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Go & Kubernetes

goteleport.com; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive health coverage

Annual expense budget

Rest and recovery policies that maxm|?

Investment in your future with retirem

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Teleport seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to help design and scale our AI infrastructure identity platform. You will build Go services, multi-cluster Kubernetes controllers, and cloud integrations with a security-focused mindset.

You'll work cross‑functionally, ship high‑quality features, and participate in our thoughtful interview process including a take‑home coding challenge. Teleport is remote-first, globally distributed, with strong health coverage and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Extensive Go experience.
• Strong expertise with Kubernetes, including controllers and APIs.
• Proficiency with AWS and other cloud services.
• Linux systems engineering experience.
• Networking experience.
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to master new technologies.
• Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and ship high-quality Go-based products and services.
• Build multi-cluster Kubernetes operators for Teleport at scale.
• Work on networking, performance, security, and cloud integrations.
• Implement zero-downtime upgrades for long-lived services.
• Collaborate closely with other Teleport teams.
• Grow technical expertise over time.

Skills

Go programming

Cloud security

System design

Collaboration

Willingness to learn

Tools

Go

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Teleport seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to help design and scale our AI infrastructure identity platform. You will build Go services, multi-cluster Kubernetes controllers, and cloud integrations with a security-focused mindset.

You'll work cross‑functionally, ship high‑quality features, and participate in our thoughtful interview process including a take‑home coding challenge. Teleport is remote-first, globally distributed, with strong health coverage and growth opportunities.