Senior Staff Engineer

Gdh Consulting, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 103,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance options

Dental & Vision

401(k) plan

Wellbeats membership

Gym membership discount

Employee referral program

Job summary

GDH is seeking a senior platform engineer to provide technical leadership for a Kubernetes-based compute platform across multi-cloud environments. You will drive reliability, security, performance, and developer experience while guiding distributed engineering teams to deliver platform enhancements.

You will design, implement, and optimize controllers and webhooks, advance automation and tooling, and help shape the cloud platform strategy with a focus on scalability and high availability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, controllers, and webhooks.
• Proficient in Go and cloud-native DevOps practices.
• Experience leading cross-team platform initiatives.
• Ability to work remotely from an approved location.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for Kubernetes-based compute platforms.
• Design and deliver platform enhancements to improve reliability and performance.
• Mentor distributed engineering teams and promote best practices.
• Develop and optimize controllers, admission webhooks, and tooling.
• Drive long-term cloud platform strategy and security improvements.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues to ensure high availability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Platform leadership

Remote work

Education

Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Kubernetes controllers

Admission webhooks

Job description

Role Summary

This senior-level position provides technical leadership for the development, operation, and continuous improvement of a Kubernetes-based compute platform within a multi-cloud infrastructure environment. The role focuses on platform reliability, scalability, security, performance, and developer experience. This position collaborates across distributed engineering teams to deliver platform enhancements, resolve complex infrastructure challenges, and contribute to long-term cloud platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for projects supporting the lifecycle management and evolution of Kubernetes-based compute platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to distributed engineering teams while promoting engineering best practices and technical excellence.
• Design and deliver platform enhancements that improve developer experience, operational efficiency, reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Manage technical project priorities, dependencies, deadlines, and deliverables to support successful execution.
• Contribute to the long-term strategy and evolution of cloud platform infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to align technical objectives, project outcomes, and delivery timelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve cloud-native compute platform capabilities.
• Develop, review, and optimize Kubernetes controllers, admission webhooks, and related platform components.
• Advance platform security, orchestration, automation, and developer tooling capabilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and platform issues to support high availability and reliable performance.

Qualifications

• Relevant education, technical training, certifications, or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, cloud computing, or related technical disciplines.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including developing controllers and admission webhooks.
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang).
• Strong understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, DevOps practices, automation, and large-scale production environments.
• Demonstrated experience setting technical direction and leading complex projects across multiple engineering teams.
• Strong focus on platform efficiency, availability, quality, security, reliability, and developer experience.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, coach, mentor, and collaborate effectively with engineering teams.
• Ability to work remotely from an approved location.

Publishing Pay Range: $75.00 - $77.20 Hourly

This is a fully remote role and can be performed from an approved location.

About GDH

At GDH, we believe in the power of people and the importance of caring. Our culture statement, "We care about people," isn't just a tagline - it's the core of everything we do. GDH is a premier staffing and talent solutions company dedicated to helping businesses find the best talent and assisting job seekers in finding their dream jobs. Who We Are: GDH, founded in 2001, has grown into a leader in providing staffing solutions across various industries. We specialize in IT across several sectors, connecting top talent with leading enterprises. As a Best of Staffing firm recognized for excellence in client, employee, talent, and women's services, we pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and service.

GDH Benefits

• Our health benefits include three medical insurance options with access to KISx Card, Zero Card, and HealthJoy concierge services.
• Other plan offerings include dental, vision, life, disability, supplemental insurance, and pet insurance plans.
• Enjoy additional perks like holiday pay, 401(k) plan, direct deposit, an employee referral program, work-life balance benefits, a Wellbeats membership, a discounted gym membership program, and more!

For more detailed information on benefits, please go to GDH's website under the tab for candidates.

GDH provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Applicants with disabilities who require an accommodation or assistance in applying and/or for interviewing, please contact our HR Department. Please visit our notice of collection for California applicants.