Staff Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & AI-Powered Platform

2K Games, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

2K Games, Inc. seeks a Staff Platform Engineer to architect the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and lead Kubernetes infrastructure efforts across multi-cloud environments.

You will enable Game Service Developers with self-service tools, automation, and scalable deployments while shaping the platform roadmap. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in infrastructure/DevOps, strong Kubernetes expertise, and experience building internal platforms or Kubernetes tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in CS/Engineering.
• 10+ years in Infrastructure/DevOps/Platform Engineering.
• 4+ years building internal developer platforms or Kubernetes-based tooling.
• Deep AWS/GCP production workloads experience.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and delivery of scalable Kubernetes infrastructure for the Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
• Automate environment bootstrapping, provisioning, and security workflows using AI/LLM-backed approaches.
• Improve developer velocity with DevEx automation across the lifecycle.
• Maintain modular IaC libraries (Terraform) for multi-cloud provisioning.
• Define standards for orchestration, CI/CD, and service discovery in Kubernetes.
• Provide Tier 3 support and drive platform stability through RCA and architectural changes.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Go

Python

Terraform

CI/CD

AWS

GCP

On-call

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

Kubernetes Operators

Job description

2K Games, Inc. seeks a Staff Platform Engineer to architect the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and lead Kubernetes infrastructure efforts across multi-cloud environments.

You will enable Game Service Developers with self-service tools, automation, and scalable deployments while shaping the platform roadmap. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in infrastructure/DevOps, strong Kubernetes expertise, and experience building internal platforms or Kubernetes tooling.