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### About the role You’ll join as a Platform Engineer focused on building and evolving a Kubernetes-based platform that abstracts complexity while preserving power. Work closely with the founding team to design systems, GitOps workflows, and the infrastructure layer that enables multi-cluster management for developers. ### What you’ll do - Build and extend core platform features using Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers. - Design and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment. - Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters. - Work on distributed storage solutions for high-performance, scalable storage. - Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance. - Build and optimize container networking for security and observability. - Design and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management. - Build automation tooling to reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads. - Contribute to open source components and establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member. ### What we’re looking for - 2+ years of software development experience with a strong foundation in Go and Kubernetes. - Experience building developer tools or infrastructure products. - Proficiency with GitOps and ArgoCD; experience with CI/CD pipelines is a plus. - Hands-on experience with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and Helm; familiarity with Ansible or Kubespray is a plus. - Background with service mesh technologies or CNI plugins. - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings. - Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or similar open source projects are a plus. - Strong willingness to learn on the job and work effectively in a fast-paced environment. ### Compensation & benefits Salary range: **$150,000 - $200,000** annually. Equity and benefits are competitive and designed to attract and retain global talent. ### Location Primary location: San Francisco, CA, United States. On-site role with opportunities for occasional remote collaboration where appropriate.