Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes
Camunda
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Location: Remote
Work Model: Remote
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $149,800 - $241,500 / year
Skills: Engineering Kubernetes Go Golang GCP AWS Terraform DevOps Docker
Description
About the role
We’re seeking a talented engineer to develop and maintain Kubernetes Operators for our Camunda 8 SaaS offering. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the reliability of our cloud platform, managing numerous customer clusters and tackling complex challenges related to Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and multi-cloud deployments across GCP and AWS.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes Operators to manage the Camunda SaaS offering.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, field) to define, ship, and iterate on features.
- Apply deep technical expertise to determine where AI tools fit within platform engineering work, integrating them where they add real value.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve existing codebase(s) for security, stability, and reliability.
- Be an advocate for new ideas and help build a team environment that values creativity and practicality.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and 3rd level escalation support.
What You Bring
- Experience using Go or another relevant language for cloud native software development.
- Practical experience with at least one major Cloud Service Provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and a deep understanding of its core concepts.
- Willingness to work collaboratively within a team and share knowledge.
- A pragmatic and autonomous approach to programming and problem solving.
- A "you build it, you run it" mentality with a passion for automation.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience writing and maintaining Kubernetes Operators ideally with Controller-Runtime & Kubebuilder.
- Familiarity with infrastructure topics such as multi-region or multi-cloud provider setups, ideally with Crossplane.
What We Have to Offer
- Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with a home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off.
- In Person Connection: Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and connection budgets.
- Health & Wellbeing: Modern Health access and Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA).
- Financial Security: Retirement/pension plans and insurance where relevant.
- Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning.
- Equity: Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP) where applicable.