Senior Software Engineer - Mk8S/Control Plane
Lambda — San Francisco, California, United States · Remote · Senior · $100k - $200k/yearly
Role description
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Managed Kubernetes (Mk8s) team. You will play a crucial role in shaping the architecture, reliability, and automation of our Kubernetes-based infrastructure, which powers mission-critical workloads across our global platform.
What You Will Do
Design, build, and maintain scalable control plane services, operators, and custom Kubernetes controllers; develop automation in Go/Python for end-to-end cluster lifecycle management — provisioning, upgrades, patching, and deletion
Why It Might Be a Fit
You'll be building core platform services the world's largest AI companies will consume, working at the intersection of Kubernetes, networking, storage, and compute, and gaining depth across the full infrastructure stack that powers AI workloads
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals
- Solid grasp of distributed systems fundamentals
- Experience operating the control plane and low-level pieces of large-scale Kubernetes clusters
- Experience with observability at scale
- Strong programming skills in Go and Python
- Solid knowledge of Linux systems, networking, containers, and cloud infrastructure
Benefits
- Generous cash & equity compensation
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
- Flexible paid time off plan