Staff Kubernetes Platform Engineer

DataRobot; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision insurance

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Global Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

DataRobot is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco to lead technical direction for the Fleet team. This role involves architecting scalable Kubernetes-based infrastructure, mentoring engineers, and driving modernization efforts across deployment models. Candidates should have significant experience in engineering, particularly with Kubernetes operations and modern programming languages such as Python or Go. The position offers opportunities to shape the future of our platform and work in a high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5+ in infrastructure, platform, or backend systems roles.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals and operations.
• Strong proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python or Go.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Lead technical direction for core Fleet initiatives.
• Mentor engineers across the team.

Skills

Kubernetes operations

Python

Go

CI/CD automation

IaC

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Helm

Job description

DataRobot is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco to lead technical direction for the Fleet team. This role involves architecting scalable Kubernetes-based infrastructure, mentoring engineers, and driving modernization efforts across deployment models. Candidates should have significant experience in engineering, particularly with Kubernetes operations and modern programming languages such as Python or Go. The position offers opportunities to shape the future of our platform and work in a high-performance culture.