Senior Backend Engineer - Infrastructure & Kubernetes

Lyric

United States

Remote

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Lyric is building a cutting-edge platform that enables intelligent, scalable supply chain automation. As a Senior Backend Engineer – Infrastructure, you will design and deliver core platform components, including Kubernetes operators, control/data plane services, and infrastructure-as-code tooling.

You'll work closely with SREs and platform teams to ensure reliability, security, and scale in a cloud-native, multi-tenant environment, shaping the backbone of Lyric's engineering stack.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience building backend or infrastructure systems.
  • Deep experience with Kubernetes internals, operators/controllers, CRDs, and the Kubernetes API.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Go, Rust, or Python.
  • Hands-on experience designing distributed systems and working with control plane/data plane architectures.
  • Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, etc.).
  • Solid understanding of containerization, orchestration, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Familiarity with observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and operational best practices for production systems.
  • Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and develop Kubernetes operators and controllers.
  • Design and implement control plane and data plane services that provide orchestration, routing, monitoring, and self-healing of distributed components.
  • Build internal developer tooling and platform APIs to enhance developer productivity and operational excellence.
  • Design and maintain IaC frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane) to provision and manage cloud infrastructure securely and reproducibly.
  • Establish and improve observability, reliability, and resilience of critical infrastructure components.
  • Work closely with SREs, platform engineers, and application teams to ensure infrastructure meets evolving product needs.
  • Contribute to infrastructure architecture and technical direction for scale, security, and developer experience.

Skills

Kubernetes internals
Go (preferred)
Distributed systems
Cloud-native
Observability tooling

Tools

Terraform
Pulumi
Crossplane
OpenTelemetry

Job description

Lyric is building a cutting-edge platform that enables intelligent, scalable supply chain automation. As a Senior Backend Engineer – Infrastructure, you will design and deliver core platform components, including Kubernetes operators, control/data plane services, and infrastructure-as-code tooling.

You'll work closely with SREs and platform teams to ensure reliability, security, and scale in a cloud-native, multi-tenant environment, shaping the backbone of Lyric's engineering stack.

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