Senior Systems Engineer - Linux, Kubernetes & Cloud

Saigepartners; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Weekly pay

Job summary

Saige Partners in San Jose is seeking a hands-on systems engineer to own end-to-end software spanning Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud platform interfaces. You will work across kernel and user-space boundaries, develop operators and automation, and collaborate with hardware teams to deliver observable, scalable solutions for enterprise storage.

This onsite role demands strong systems design, debugging, and performance tuning in lab and production environments.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux kernel and host OS integration.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts.
• Familiarity with observability, debugging and tracing in complex systems.
• Knowledge of memory management concepts (e.g., NUMA, cgroups) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement end-to-end systems software across Linux and Kubernetes environments.
• Design solutions spanning kernel/user-space, container runtimes, and Kubernetes APIs/CRDs.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes operators, controllers, and automation services using Go.
• Collaborate with kernel, firmware, and hardware teams to translate platform capabilities into Kubernetes workflows.

Skills

Linux kernel / OS concepts

Distributed systems

Observability

Cgroups/NUMA

Tools

Kubernetes

Go

client-go

controller-runtime

Job description

Saige Partners in San Jose is seeking a hands-on systems engineer to own end-to-end software spanning Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud platform interfaces. You will work across kernel and user-space boundaries, develop operators and automation, and collaborate with hardware teams to deliver observable, scalable solutions for enterprise storage.

This onsite role demands strong systems design, debugging, and performance tuning in lab and production environments.