Senior Staff Engineer

GDH; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

GDH is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to lead the Kubernetes-based compute platform within a multi-cloud environment, focusing on reliability, scalability, security, performance, and developer experience. You will guide distributed engineering teams to deliver platform enhancements and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.

This remote role emphasizes technical direction, cross-team collaboration, and long-term cloud platform strategy, with opportunities to influence tooling, automation,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of infrastructure/platform engineering experience.
• Proven leadership of distributed engineering teams.
• Experience with Kubernetes-based compute platforms and controllers.
• Proficiency in Go (Golang).
• Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Ability to work remotely from an approved location.

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.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Remote work ability

Education

Relevant degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

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.