Remote Senior Software Engineer II — Cloud Fleet Mgmt (Go)

IBM; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to lead fleet management in a multi-cloud deployment environment. You will design control planes, orchestrate lifecycle operations, and build APIs across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes expertise, Go proficiency, and strong ownership of complex projects with distributed teams. This position supports remote work from anywhere in the United States and requires a Bachelor's degree, with a Master’s preferred.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience delivering scalable software solutions.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes including controller development, operator patterns, and multi-cluster architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Go, with experience building production-grade backend or platform services.
• Experience with fleet-wide lifecycle management, deployment orchestration, or cloud infrastructure automation.
• Experience running production services in cloud environments, with knowledge of reliability, networking, and security fundamentals.
• Proven ability to independently own significant technical projects and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Unified Deployment Control Plane: Build and evolve the control plane that manages software rollout, upgrades, recovery, and lifecycle operations across large multi-cloud fleets.
• Fleet Lifecycle Orchestration: Develop systems that coordinate placement, maintenance, state transitions, and recovery workflows for services running across Confluent Cloud.
• Platform APIs & Abstractions: Design and enhance APIs that provide clean abstractions for deployment workflows, service lifecycle management, and fleet-wide operational controls.
• Cloud Platform Integration: Build and optimize integrations with the broader Confluent Cloud platform to enable seamless end-to-end operations across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Multi-Tenancy & Security: Implement and strengthen isolation, security controls, and safe operational boundaries across deployment and runtime management systems.
• Observability & Operations: Drive operational excellence through monitoring, automated health checks, remediation workflows, and self-healing capabilities.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Fleet lifecycle

Cloud platforms

Multi-tenancy

Security fundamentals

Observability

Independent ownership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

gRPC

Protobuf

API design

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to lead fleet management in a multi-cloud deployment environment. You will design control planes, orchestrate lifecycle operations, and build APIs across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes expertise, Go proficiency, and strong ownership of complex projects with distributed teams. This position supports remote work from anywhere in the United States and requires a Bachelor's degree, with a Master’s preferred.