Senior Cloud Compute Engineer: Multi-Cluster & Kubernetes

IBM Computing; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform on the IBM Cloud to architect and deliver multi-tenant, cloud-native compute substrates that power Confluent Cloud workloads with high availability and security.

You will lead end-to-end features, design APIs, and mentor engineers while ensuring reliability, security, and performance across global clusters. The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise and strong Go skills, with a track record of cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience delivering scalable software solutions.
• Proven track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, highly available, low-latency systems.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes including controller development, operator patterns, and multi-cluster architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Go with experience building production-grade distributed systems.
• Experience with multi-tenant platform architectures and security isolation patterns.
• Track record of working collaboratively across teams including product management, SRE, and other engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own features end to end for the Compute Platform, such as multi-cluster orchestration, workload placement, and security architecture.
• Design and implement platform APIs and Kubernetes operators using Go to support evolving workload requirements.
• Deliver high-impact initiatives in areas such as workload scheduling, disruption management, network isolation, rolling update strategies, and cross-cluster resource management.
• Lead technical design reviews and drive architectural decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Mentor and grow other engineers on the team through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Own operational aspects including availability, reliability, performance monitoring, emergency response, and disaster recovery for our global compute infrastructure.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Distributed systems

Leadership

Security isolation

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

IBM is seeking a senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform on the IBM Cloud to architect and deliver multi-tenant, cloud-native compute substrates that power Confluent Cloud workloads with high availability and security.

You will lead end-to-end features, design APIs, and mentor engineers while ensuring reliability, security, and performance across global clusters. The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise and strong Go skills, with a track record of cross-team collaboration.