Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)
Fruition Executive Search
- Location
- Onsite (San Francisco, California)
- Compensation
- $180k - $210k/yr
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 5 days ago
About the role
An early-stage team is building a Kubernetes platform that abstracts infrastructure complexity to provide an intuitive experience for developers. The role involves designing core platform features, GitOps workflows, and multi-cluster management systems.
Skills
Go
Kubernetes
GitOps
ArgoCD
Terraform
Helm
Ceph
WEKA
Prometheus
Grafana
Cilium
Infrastructure-as-code
Distributed storage
Container networking
Cloud-native architecture
CI/CD
Full job details
Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)
On behalf of our client · San Francisco, CA, on-site · Full-time
The build: Our client is building a Kubernetes
platform that abstracts the complexity away while keeping the power. You'll
work with the founding team to design systems, GitOps workflows, and the
infrastructure layer that makes multi-cluster management feel intuitive for
developers. Early team — your architecture patterns become the platform.
What you'll do
- Build
and extend the Kubernetes platform core features in Go, including custom
operators and controllers.
- Design
and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous
deployment.
- Develop
infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision and
manage clusters.
- Work
on distributed storage with Ceph and WEKA for high-performance, scalable
storage.
- Create
observability and monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana to surface
cluster health and performance.
- Build
and optimize container networking with Cilium for security and
observability.
- Design
and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster
management.
- Build
automation tooling to cut operational overhead for developers running
production workloads.
- Contribute
to open source components and establish platform architecture patterns as
an early team member.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 2+
years of software development experience.
- Proficiency
in Go and Kubernetes, with hands-on experience building developer tools or
infrastructure products.
- Experience
with distributed storage such as Ceph and WEKA.
- Proficiency
with ArgoCD and experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
- Experience
with Terraform, Helm, and related infra provisioning tools; familiarity
with Ansible or Kubespray is a plus.
- Background
with service mesh (Istio or Linkerd) or CNI plugins.
- Experience
with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes
offerings.
- Strong
foundational software development skills and a willingness to learn.
- Contributions
to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or similar open source projects.
- Experience
with containerization, networking, and cloud-native architectures.
Logistics: San Francisco, CA, on-site.