Senior DevEx SRE: Kubernetes Platform & CI/CD Automation

Chainlink Labs; Charlotte (AR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced SRE/Platform Engineer to design and scale our Kubernetes‑based CI/CD infrastructure and developer environments. You will build operators, automate workflows, and drive reliability across the engineering org.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, Terraform/GitOps ownership, and hands‑on cloud experience. As part of the DevEx–Engineering Team, you will architect and operate the control plane behind our CI/CD platform, enabling scalable, predictable

Qualifications

• 6–9+ years in SRE / Platform / Infrastructure Engineering.
• Proven experience scaling Kubernetes in high‑throughput production environments.
• Deep Kubernetes expertise beyond operating clusters — internals, scheduler behavior, custom resources, and cluster‑scale failure diagnosis.
• Experience building platform infrastructure, control planes, or Kubernetes Operators (not just consuming them).
• Strong distributed systems and production reliability experience.
• Terraform/GitOps ownership — designing and owning automation, not just running playbooks.
• GitOps workflows (Flux / ArgoCD) experience.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD platforms at scale: GitHub Actions (self‑hosted runners, workflows‑as‑code), GitHub Apps, and build systems.
• AWS/cloud infrastructure production experience
• Proficiency in Go (strongly preferred) or another systems language
• Track record of building infrastructure primitives rather than primarily performing support/operations — automation‑first mindset

Responsibilities

• Design and build the infrastructure primitives that define how our CI/CD platform, build systems, and developer environments scale across the engineering org.
• Help build and operate the Kubernetes‑based control plane behind our CI/CD platform, including GitHub Actions self‑hosted runner infrastructure and related components.
• Develop core infrastructure components — including Kubernetes Operators and scaling automation — that product teams adopt directly.
• Build systems that reduce bespoke per‑team CI/CD and environment tooling and improve reliability across the org.
• This role is not purely operational support; you will shape how engineering teams build, test, and deploy at scale.

Skills

SRE / Platform Engineering

Kubernetes

GitOps

Go

AWS

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Flux

ArgoCD

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Job description

Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced SRE/Platform Engineer to design and scale our Kubernetes‑based CI/CD infrastructure and developer environments. You will build operators, automate workflows, and drive reliability across the engineering org.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, Terraform/GitOps ownership, and hands‑on cloud experience. As part of the DevEx–Engineering Team, you will architect and operate the control plane behind our CI/CD platform, enabling scalable, predictable