Senior Software Engineer — Kubernetes Control Planes (Go)

Upboundext; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Upbound in Austin, Texas is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and operate Upbound Spaces, the control plane management software integral to our platform. This role involves scaling Upbound's services to support thousands of control planes while enhancing management operations in both cloud and on-premises environments.

The ideal candidate will excel in developing features that satisfy customer needs and will utilize their debugging expertise to ensure operational excellence. Join us to make a significant impact on engineering in a dynamic environment focused on cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud services monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Strong skills in debugging distributed systems with observability tools.
• Experience in building controllers interacting with Kubernetes API.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate Upbound Spaces in production and troubleshoot issues.
• Communicate design documents and post-incident reviews for improvements.
• Support the full project lifecycle for scalable services in the cloud.

Skills

Experience operating production cloud services at scale

Strong debugging skills across distributed systems

Experience with Kubernetes API

Customer support and technical issue resolution

Clear communication and collaboration

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Upbound in Austin, Texas is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and operate Upbound Spaces, the control plane management software integral to our platform. This role involves scaling Upbound's services to support thousands of control planes while enhancing management operations in both cloud and on-premises environments.

The ideal candidate will excel in developing features that satisfy customer needs and will utilize their debugging expertise to ensure operational excellence. Join us to make a significant impact on engineering in a dynamic environment focused on cloud technologies.