Senior Software Engineer – On-Prem Kubernetes & DevOps

netboxlabs; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

NetBox Labs seeks a Senior Software Engineer with strong DevOps experience to build NetBox Enterprise, our on-premises product suite. You will own installation, configuration, and lifecycle management for customers, and tackle deployment challenges unique to on-prem environments.

You will design HA Kubernetes-based solutions, extend the Kubernetes operator, and drive six-week release cadences with robust CI/CD pipelines. You’ll write Rust and Python and support testing and deployment guidance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, or SRE.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement Kubernetes-based, high-availability on-premises solutions, including control plane applications, telemetry systems, air-gapped installations, and appliance offerings
• Extend and maintain our Kubernetes operator, the core of how NetBox Enterprise installs, upgrades, and heals itself in customer environments
• Develop and maintain our operational management console and associated tools, ensuring a seamless user experience for lifecycle management
• Architect and implement robust multi-stage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and complementary DevOps technologies
• Drive releases on our six-week cadence, four weeks of build followed by two weeks of stabilization, including versioning strategy and structured release management
• Write Rust and Python across the stack, from operator internals to internal tooling and APIs
• Build internal tooling and APIs to facilitate integration testing by upstream application teams, validating changes ahead of inclusion in on-premises releases
• Develop comprehensive documentation and establish best practice guidelines for deployments
• Take a weekly turn as Engineering Guardian, fielding questions and escalations from across the organization and working directly with Customer Success and customers to diagnose and resolve deployment and operational issues

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Rust

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

GitOps

Terraform

Linux

Customer-facing communication

Tools

Helm charts

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Terraform

Kubernetes Operator

Job description

NetBox Labs seeks a Senior Software Engineer with strong DevOps experience to build NetBox Enterprise, our on-premises product suite. You will own installation, configuration, and lifecycle management for customers, and tackle deployment challenges unique to on-prem environments.

You will design HA Kubernetes-based solutions, extend the Kubernetes operator, and drive six-week release cadences with robust CI/CD pipelines. You’ll write Rust and Python and support testing and deployment guidance.