Senior Principal Architect, Kubernetes AI Platform

Mirantis, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Strong benefits program

Open-source participation

Job summary

Mirantis seeks a Senior Principal Engineer for the k0rdent program to set the technical direction across core k0rdent, AI Infrastructure, and AI Applications. You will be the most senior IC, owning end-to-end architectural coherence for a unified platform handling AI workloads on Kubernetes at enterprise scale.

You will code, prototype, mentor, and collaborate with leaders across engineering, product, and customers to translate strategy into durable technical execution within Mirantis'

Qualifications

• Deep expert level across Kubernetes, distributed systems, and AI runtimes.
• Ability to design multi-tenant, production-grade platforms.
• Strong communication and leadership without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-quarter technical roadmap for k0rdent.
• Architect high-risk components across pillars.
• Set department-wide engineering standards and reviews.
• Mentor Staff and Principal engineers.
• Engage with customers, upstream projects, and industry forums.

Skills

Kubernetes internals

Distributed systems

AI/ML runtimes

Observability

Technical strategy

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS

Tools

KCM/KSM

GPU scheduling

OpenTelemetry

Model serving

Job description

Mirantis seeks a Senior Principal Engineer for the k0rdent program to set the technical direction across core k0rdent, AI Infrastructure, and AI Applications. You will be the most senior IC, owning end-to-end architectural coherence for a unified platform handling AI workloads on Kubernetes at enterprise scale.

You will code, prototype, mentor, and collaborate with leaders across engineering, product, and customers to translate strategy into durable technical execution within Mirantis'