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You will work closely with the founding team to design and evolve core platform features, making multi-cluster management intuitive for developers running demanding AI workloads. The work spans the full infrastructure stack, from bare metal to production-grade Kubernetes.\nWhat You'll Do\nBuild and extend core platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.\n\nDesign and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to make continuous deployment seamless.\n\nDevelop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.\n\nWork on distributed storage solutions using Ceph and WEKA for high-performance, scalable cluster storage.\n\nCreate observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.\n\nBuild and optimize container networking with Cilium for network security and observability.\n\nDesign and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.\n\nBuild automation tooling that reduces operational overhead for developers running production workloads.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n2 to 5+ years of software development experience, with a strong systems or infrastructure focus.\n\nHands-on proficiency in Go, including writing Go in a Kubernetes environment.\n\nProduction Kubernetes experience: managing clusters at meaningful scale, writing operators and controllers, working with CRDs.\n\nExperience with distributed storage solutions such as Ceph or WEKA.\n\nExperience designing federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.\n\nFamiliarity with GitOps workflows and ArgoCD.\n\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Helm; Ansible or Kubespray is a plus.\n\nBackground with container networking, CNI plugins, or service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.\n\nExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.\n\nFamiliarity with observability tooling such as Prometheus and Grafana.\n\nExperience with GPU infrastructure or bare metal environments is a strong plus.\n\nContributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tooling or similar open-source infrastructure projects are a bonus.\n\nCompensation & Benefits\nSalary range: $180,000 to $210,000 USD annually. 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