Software Engineer, Compute (8+ YOE)

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Key Responsibilities

• 1
  Design, implement, and scale core Kubernetes platform capabilities used across ~70 clusters, spread across multiple environments.
• 2
  Lead foundational modernization efforts such as migrating to a new CNI plugin to overhaul IP security rule management across clusters and regions
• 3
  Rewrite our core deployment service from Typescript to Golang and adopt performant Kubernetes operator patterns to eliminate scaling bottlenecks on our larger clusters
• 4
  Spend roughly 70% of your time in hands-on engineering and 30% in design reviews, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration
• 5
  Review architecture proposals and guide high-impact infrastructure decisions
• 6
  Mentor engineers on distributed systems and Kubernetes platform design
• 7
  Collaborate closely with developers building and deploying services across Airtable

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise building and operating a Kubernetes based internal service platform,
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, including controllers/operators, CRDs, networking, and cluster architecture
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar
• Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling such as Spinnaker, ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins, or similar
• Clear, thoughtful communicator who collaborates effectively across many engineering teams
• Empathetic partner to product engineers, with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy
• Preferably experience with AWS infrastructure and EKS

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