Senior Cloud Compute Platform Engineer

IBM Computing

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

11 days ago
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Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team in San Jose, CA. You will own end-to-end features across multi-cluster orchestration and security architecture, design APIs and Kubernetes operators in Go, and drive cross-team initiatives to improve platform reliability and performance.

You are a technical leader with deep Kubernetes expertise, production-grade distributed systems experience, and a collaborative mindset to mentor peers and partner with product

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
Multi-tenant
Leadership
Collaboration

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team in San Jose, CA. You will own end-to-end features across multi-cluster orchestration and security architecture, design APIs and Kubernetes operators in Go, and drive cross-team initiatives to improve platform reliability and performance.

You are a technical leader with deep Kubernetes expertise, production-grade distributed systems experience, and a collaborative mindset to mentor peers and partner with product

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