Software Engineer - Container Fabric

Hidden Jobs; United States; Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Hidden Jobs is seeking an experienced DevOps/SRE professional to operate and enhance a large-scale Kubernetes platform supporting engineering workloads globally. You will own Day 1 and Day 2 lifecycle tasks, build tooling, and participate in on-call rotation to drive reliability.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, Go-based automation, and a track record of maintaining production stability, observability, and incident management in distributed environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience managing production environments in DevOps or SRE.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and custom Operators.
• Proficiency in Go for systems programming and automation.
• Experience with production stability, monitoring, observability, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Operate and continuously improve a large Kubernetes platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability across regions.
• Design and evolve internal tooling and automation to reduce manual work and streamline platform delivery for other engineering groups.
• Manage Day 1 provisioning and Day 2 lifecycle operations for Kubernetes clusters, including scaling, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance.
• Participate in production on-call rotations, lead high-severity incident response, and drive follow-up improvements.
• Partner with infrastructure and platform peers to advance operational practices and platform evolution.

Skills

DevOps

Site Reliability

Infrastructure Engineering

Production environments

Tools

Go

Kubernetes

Operators

Monitoring

Job description

Role overview

Join an internal Container Fabric team responsible for building and operating a large-scale Kubernetes platform that powers engineering workloads across a global organization. The role blends platform engineering, automation, and operational responsibility, with a focus on resilient, high-availability infrastructure that other teams rely on.

Responsibilities

• Operate and continuously improve a large Kubernetes platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability across regions
• Design and evolve internal tooling and automation to reduce manual work and streamline platform delivery for other engineering groups
• Manage Day 1 provisioning and Day 2 lifecycle operations for Kubernetes clusters, including scaling, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance
• Participate in production on-call rotations, lead high-severity incident response, and drive follow-up improvements
• Partner with infrastructure and platform peers to advance operational practices and platform evolution

Requirements

• Professional background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering with hands-on experience managing production environments
• Deep working knowledge of Kubernetes primitives such as Deployments, StatefulSets, and Services, plus experience building custom Kubernetes Operators
• Strong proficiency in Go for systems programming and infrastructure automation
• Demonstrated experience with production stability, monitoring, observability, and resolving high-severity incidents

Nice to have

• Familiarity with cloud-native auto-scaling technologies such as Karpenter or Cluster API
• Practical experience with Helm charts and GitOps tooling like ArgoCD or Flux to manage continuous deployment workflows

Benefits and work setup

• Estimated base pay range of $126,000–$158,000 USD, with eligibility for a corporate bonus plan (varies by location and experience)
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, parental and family planning support, mental health resources, a 401(k) plan with employer match, flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and volunteer time off
• Flexible workforce model supporting office-based, fully remote, or hybrid arrangements depending on what best suits the work
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position