Staff Software Engineer – Kubernetes & Golang

Staff Software Engineer – Kubernetes & Golang

Scope:
Design, build, and evolve cloud-native platform capabilities leveraging Kubernetes, Golang, and Azure. Develop platform automation and reusable services while driving scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence across engineering teams.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer – Platform Engineering to design, build, and evolve the next generation of cloud-native platform capabilities. This role requires deep technical expertise in Kubernetes, Networking, and Go (Golang) to develop scalable, secure, and high-performance platform solutions that empower engineering teams.

As a Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multiple initiatives, drive architecture and design decisions, mentor engineers, and be accountable for the successful delivery of critical platform engineering projects. You will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and SRE teams to build reusable frameworks, automation, and platform services that improve developer productivity, reliability, and operational excellence.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on cloud-native platform engineering.
• Kubernetes (Expert): Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, controllers, CRDs, Operators, networking, storage, security, RBAC, Helm, and production-scale cluster operations.
• Networking (Expert): Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, Load Balancing, Ingress, CNI, Network Policies, routing, firewalls, and troubleshooting distributed networking.
• Go (Golang): Extensive experience building scalable backend services, Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and automation frameworks.
• Azure & AKS: Extensive experience designing, deploying, and operating production workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including managing and operating hundreds of AKS clusters at scale.
• Kubernetes Operators: Proven experience developing and maintaining Kubernetes Operators using Operator SDK or Kubebuilder.
• CI/CD & GitOps: Strong experience with GitHub workflows, CI/CD pipeline design and implementation, and GitOps practices using Argo CD.
• Platform Engineering: Experience designing and building scalable, high-performance platform frameworks, internal developer platforms, and reusable engineering services.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ownership of architecture and technical decisions, accountability for team deliverables, and experience conducting code reviews and mentoring engineers.
  

Good to Have:

• Experience with Cloudflare CDN, edge networking, WAF, DNS, and traffic management.
• Experience with MongoDB, including high availability, replication, sharding, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including IAM, Managed Identities, Azure Key Vault/Secrets Management, RBAC, network security, and Zero Trust principles.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps workflows and deployment automation.
• Experience implementing observability solutions using Elastic Stack, Logstash, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar monitoring and logging platforms.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio.
• Exposure to multi-cluster Kubernetes, disaster recovery, backup and restore strategies, and platform resilience.
• Experience with performance optimization, capacity planning, scalability, and cost optimization for cloud-native platforms.
• Knowledge of container security, image scanning, vulnerability management, policy enforcement, and software supply chain security.
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable platform engineering solutions.
• Design and build reusable platform frameworks, services, and automation to improve developer experience and operational efficiency.
• Develop cloud-native applications, Kubernetes Operators, controllers, and platform services using Go (Golang).
• Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes Operators using Operator SDK or Kubebuilder.
• Drive technical decisions and establish engineering best practices across platform teams.
• Own the technical roadmap for platform initiatives and be accountable for architecture, code quality, and successful delivery.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Infrastructure, Security, and SRE teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient platform capabilities.
• Perform architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers through technical guidance, design discussions, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues involving Kubernetes, networking, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
• Continuously improve platform scalability, performance, reliability, security, and observability through automation and engineering
  excellence.
  

What We're Looking For:

• A platform-first mindset with a passion for building scalable, reliable, secure, and automated engineering platforms that enhance developer productivity.
• Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable leading technical initiatives in a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment.
• Strong ownership mindset with accountability for technical decisions, architecture, and delivery outcomes.
• Ability to solve complex engineering challenges with pragmatic, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Passion for mentoring engineers, driving engineering excellence, and raising the technical bar across the organization.

 

Our Values

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Experience Level

Senior Level