Senior Cloud Compute Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

IBM; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape, driving AI, data, and hybrid cloud capabilities across diverse industries. We seek a senior software engineer to lead Compute Platform initiatives, building scalable, multi-tenant cloud-native infrastructure and contributing to strategic architectural decisions that empower global, enterprise-grade workloads.

As part of a collaborative team, you’ll own end-to-end features, mentor engineers, and ensure high availability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 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 security

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Kubernetes Operators

Job description

IBM Software is at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape, driving AI, data, and hybrid cloud capabilities across diverse industries. We seek a senior software engineer to lead Compute Platform initiatives, building scalable, multi-tenant cloud-native infrastructure and contributing to strategic architectural decisions that empower global, enterprise-grade workloads.

As part of a collaborative team, you’ll own end-to-end features, mentor engineers, and ensure high availability and