Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Native Configuration Platform

Who we are:

We are building a platform to declaratively manage system configurations across hosts, clusters and applications, through a unified, scalable layer. Our mission: make configuration data‑first, treat it as the source of truth, and enable continuous reconciliation of declared intent with actual system state. As described in the CaD (configuration as data) paradigm, the desired configuration is expressed as data, independent of the specific code that acts on it.

This team will make extensive use of Open Source Software. As part of that, we make a commitment to up streaming features we’ll be developing within Kubernetes and its ecosystem. Whether pushing bug‑fixes upstream, developing new features, giving presentations at conferences/meetups or collaborating with industry leaders, open source will be at the heart of this new team. It’s not just something we do in our free time— it is how we work.

• Architect and build scalable, reliable solutions for managing configuration data across environments, clusters, hosts and systems.
• Drive automation of versioning, validation, reconciliation and drift‑detection: enabling configuration data to represent intent, and continuous processes to ensure live state matches that intent.
• Work closely with users and stakeholders to understand their configuration and operational needs, then translate into declarative models, APIs, abstractions and workflow tooling.
• Lead the transition from traditional “configuration as code / infrastructure as code (IaC)” workflows to a configuration‑data centric model where configuration is versioned, audited, treated as data, and reconciled continuously.
• Ensure security and governance, especially around secrets, sensitive configuration, and policy‑compliance, as part of our configuration data model.
• Iterate on tooling, developer experience, operational visibility, and platform features that help teams treat configuration as first‑class data rather than ad‑hoc scripts or templates.

• Strong experience with Kubernetes: you understand its resource model, API‑driven reconciliation, and declarative configuration workflows.
• Solid programming skills in Go (Golang) or equivalent, with readiness to build controllers, automation tooling or platform features.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines or delivery tooling that support declarative workflows, versioning, audit‑ability and continuous reconciliation.
• Good grasp of cloud‑native architectures, containerised applications, distributed systems and automation at scale.

• Experience building configuration management solutions or platforms that treat configuration as data (rather than purely as code or scripts).
• Experience building Kubernetes controllers/operators (CRDs, reconciliation loops, custom resource management).
• Familiarity with the philosophical shift from IaC to CaD: treating configuration as structured data (with versioning, schema, contract, audit) rather than only templates.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, Ansible), even if just to understand their limitations, so you can help guide the shift toward a data‑centric paradigm.