Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Onsite Redmond

Nintendo of America Inc; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Nintendo Technology Development in Redmond, WA seeks a Senior Software Engineer focused on Kubernetes. You will standardize and scale our Kubernetes platform, build IaC templates with Terraform, and implement GitOps for reliable deployments.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, on‑prem and cloud cluster experience, and strong collaboration across engineering teams. Responsibilities include automating deployments, tuning networking (Cilium/Envoy), and mentoring peers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years software development experience with 5+ years managing production Kubernetes.
• Deep Kubernetes understanding: Pods, Deployments, RBAC, API server.
• Experience with on‑prem and cloud clusters (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• IaC with Terraform for Kubernetes clusters.

Responsibilities

• Audit, document, and standardize existing Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Build out deployment automation and GitOps workflows.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and Helm/Kustomize configurations.
• Collaborate across teams to evolve platform strategy and tooling.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

Terraform

GitOps

Helm / Kustomize

CI/CD pipelines

Docker / containerd

Service mesh (Istio/Cilium)

Networking (Cilium, eBPF)

Go / Python / C#

Linux networking basics

Tools

Terraform

kubeadm

kubespray

Job description

Nintendo Technology Development in Redmond, WA seeks a Senior Software Engineer focused on Kubernetes. You will standardize and scale our Kubernetes platform, build IaC templates with Terraform, and implement GitOps for reliable deployments.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, on‑prem and cloud cluster experience, and strong collaboration across engineering teams. Responsibilities include automating deployments, tuning networking (Cilium/Envoy), and mentoring peers.