Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Multicloud AI Infra (Go/Kubernetes)

MeeBoss; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity

Hybrid work arrangement in San Mateo

Job summary

SkyPilot is building its commercial cloud platform in San Mateo, CA, expanding its engineering team to support multicloud AI workloads. We seek an experienced Software Engineer to design and build the platform from the ground up, delivering scalable, multitenant infrastructure across cloud providers.

You will implement core services, RBAC, and production-grade APIs using Go and cloud-native tech, with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability in a venture-backed startup.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering.
• Experience building a SaaS platform from zero to one, preferably in an early-stage startup.
• Experience building the platform layer of a multitenant SaaS or cloud product, including RBAC, API gateways, or billing.
• Production experience with Kubernetes.
• Strong proficiency in Go is preferred.
• Hands-on with gRPC, PostgreSQL, and Terraform.
• Experience designing and operating production-grade cloud platforms or distributed backend services.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field from a top program.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop the commercial cloud platform from the ground up.
• Design and implement control plane and data plane architectures.
• Build platform services for tenant management, user administration, authentication, and RBAC.
• Develop production-grade APIs and backend services using Go and other cloud-native technologies.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure for reliable, scalable platform operations.
• Design and implement service communication using gRPC.
• Develop infrastructure with Terraform and IaC practices.
• Work with PostgreSQL to support platform data management.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling to improve reliability and performance.
• Make architectural decisions balancing scalability, security, reliability, and simplicity.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to deliver platform capabilities for a growing customer base.

Skills

Go programming

Kubernetes

Multitenant SaaS

Ownership of projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE

Tools

gRPC

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Job description

SkyPilot is building its commercial cloud platform in San Mateo, CA, expanding its engineering team to support multicloud AI workloads. We seek an experienced Software Engineer to design and build the platform from the ground up, delivering scalable, multitenant infrastructure across cloud providers.

You will implement core services, RBAC, and production-grade APIs using Go and cloud-native tech, with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability in a venture-backed startup.