DevOps Engineer; Kubernetes
Job in
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listed on 2026-07-06
Listing for:
Clera
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-06
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, SRE/Site Reliability
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About The Role
Join an early-stage cloud-native startup building a next-generation platform that abstracts Kubernetes complexity while preserving its full power. As a Platform Engineer, you'll work closely with the founding team to design core platform features, Git Ops workflows, and the infrastructure layer that makes multi-cluster management intuitive for developers. This is a high-impact, early-team opportunity where your contributions will directly shape the product and architecture.
WhatYou'll Do
- Build and extend core platform features using Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
- Design and implement Git Ops workflows with ArgoCD to streamline and automate continuous deployment.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
- Work on distributed storage solutions using Ceph and WEKA for high-performance, scalable storage.
- Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance metrics.
- Build and optimize container networking with Cilium for network 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 help establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member.
Required:
- 2+ years of software development experience.
- Proficiency in Go and Kubernetes, with hands-on experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.
- Experience with ArgoCD and CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.
- Experience with containerization, networking, and cloud-native architectures.
- Self-directed, hungry to learn, and comfortable operating with autonomy.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with distributed storage solutions such as Ceph or WEKA.
- Experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or Kubespray for infrastructure provisioning and orchestration.
- Background with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) or CNI plugins.
- Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or open-source projects.
- Salary: $150,000 – $200,000 USD annually
- Visa sponsorship available
Location:
This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates must be willing and able to work in person in San Francisco.
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