Software Engineer-Platform Engineering / Kubernetes

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC in Charlotte is seeking a Software Engineer to build and evolve the Kubernetes platform capabilities powering enterprise applications. You will apply software engineering, automation, and hands-on Kubernetes experience to improve platform reliability and developer experience.

You will own your area while collaborating with senior engineers on architecture and infrastructure challenges, using Go, Python, Terraform, and GitOps in cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of software development experience.
• 2 years working with SDLC and agile methods.
• Experience with frontend, middleware, or DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Build, automate, and support Kubernetes platform capabilities across on-prem, edge, and cloud.
• Develop automation and platform services using Go, Python, Shell, APIs, and IaC.
• Support Kubernetes provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot production issues across Kubernetes, Linux, containers.
• Contribute to platform capabilities across virtualization, networking, storage, observability, security, and GitOps.
• Participate in design discussions to improve reliability and scalability.
• Identify opportunities to reduce toil and increase automation.
• Contribute to production readiness, incident response, and documentation.
• Work with Kubernetes in production and collaborate with senior engineers.

Skills

Go

Python

Shell

Kubernetes

Linux

GitOps

Automation

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

KubeVirt

VMware

Job description

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About the Team

The Carbon Platform Engineering team builds the cloud-native platforms that help engineering teams develop and run applications at enterprise scale. Our environment spans Kubernetes, cloud, edge, automation, virtualization, networking, and storage, giving engineers the opportunity to solve meaningful infrastructure challenges across a broad technology landscape.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer, you'll help build and evolve the Kubernetes platform capabilities that power applications across the enterprise.

You’ll combine software engineering, automation, and hands‑on Kubernetes experience to improve platform reliability, scalability, and developer experience. You’ll independently own work within your area while partnering with senior engineers and specialists on broader platform architecture and complex infrastructure challenges.

This is an opportunity to deepen your cloud-native and platform engineering expertise while working with technologies such as Kubernetes, KubeVirt, Go, Python, Terraform, GitOps, and public cloud.

Your Impac t

You’ll help make enterprise infrastructure more automated, reliable, and easier for engineering teams to use. You’ll have room to own meaningful platform work today while continuing to grow your expertise across Kubernetes, cloud-native engineering, virtualization, and large-scale infrastructure.

What You Will Do

• Build, automate, and support Kubernetes platform capabilities across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments.
• Develop automation and platform services using Go, Python, Shell, APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Support Kubernetes provisioning, configuration, upgrades, scaling, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot production issues across Kubernetes, Linux, containers, and related infrastructure, partnering with specialists when issues span multiple domains.
• Contribute to platform capabilities across virtualization, networking, storage, observability, security, and GitOps.
• Participate in technical design discussions and help improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Identify opportunities to reduce operational toil, increase automation, and make the platform easier for application teams to use.
• Contribute to production readiness, incident response, root-cause analysis, documentation, and engineering best practices.
• Experience in software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or a related engineering discipline.
• Hands‑on experience working with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Strong Linux, container, and Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Experience building automation with Go, Python, and/or Shell.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code or configuration automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with Git-based development and CI/CD or GitOps practices.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes networking, storage, and production troubleshooting.
• A software engineering mindset with an interest in automation, reliability, and solving infrastructure problems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 2 years of experience in software development or a related field
• 2 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC) through iterative agile development
• 2 years experience working with any of the following: frontend technologies (user interface/user experience), middleware (microservices and application programming interfaces), database technologies, or DevOps

Preferred Skills/Education

• Experience writing technical documentation in a software environment and developing and implementing business systems within an organization
• KubeVirt, VMware, or Kubernetes-based virtualization.
• Kubernetes platforms such as RKE2/Rancher, GKE, EKS, or AKS.
• Cloud-native technologies such as Argo CD, Helm, Istio, Vault, or Kubernetes Operators.
• Observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
• Public cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure.
• Enterprise networking, storage, security, or developer platform capabilities.

Technology You May Work With

• Kubernetes & Cloud Native: Kubernetes, KubeVirt, Helm, Argo CD, Istio, Rancher/RKE2
• Engineering & Automation: Go, Python, Shell, APIs, Terraform, Ansible
• Platform: Linux, containers, networking, storage, virtualization, GitOps
• Cloud & Observability: Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than$86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe’s is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based inMooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com .

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.