Software Engineer II
We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!
Your opportunity
As a Software Engineer within the Container Fabric (CF) organization, you will be a key driver in evolving New Relic’s global internal platform. We are looking for an operations-heavy engineer with a proven track record of building and scaling resilient infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Platform Orchestration: Work on a large-scale K8s infrastructure platform, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Automation: Drive the evolution of internal tooling to streamline platform delivery.
This role requires
- Experience: Solid hands-on background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Kubernetes Mastery: Deep internal knowledge of K8s primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and hands-on experience writing custom Kubernetes Operators.
- Golang Proficiency: Proficiency in Go, specifically for infrastructure automation and systems programming.
- Operations-Heavy Mindset: A proven track record of managing production environments and handling high-severity incidents.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with cloud-native scaling tools (e.g., Karpenter, Cluster API) and Day 1/Day 2 operations of K8s clusters.
- Tooling: Familiarity with Helm and GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD or Flux).
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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