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Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)
Clera
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About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
You’ll join as a Platform Engineer focused on building and evolving a Kubernetes-based platform that abstracts complexity while preserving power. Work closely with the founding team to design systems, GitOps workflows, and the infrastructure layer that enables multi-cluster management for developers.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Build and extend core platform features using Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
- Design and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
- Work on distributed storage solutions for high-performance, scalable storage.
- Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
- Build and optimize container networking for 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 establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- 2+ years of software development experience with a strong foundation in Go and Kubernetes.
- Experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.
- Proficiency with GitOps and ArgoCD; experience with CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and Helm; familiarity with Ansible or Kubespray is a plus.
- Background with service mesh technologies or CNI plugins.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.
- Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or similar open source projects are a plus.
- Strong willingness to learn on the job and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 annually. Equity and benefits are competitive and designed to attract and retain global talent.
LOCATION
Primary location: San Francisco, CA, United States. On-site role with opportunities for occasional remote collaboration where appropriate.
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The midpoint of this range ($175k) is about 14% below the median disclosed salary for San Francisco roles listed on ForgeApply ($203k across 6,248 jobs).
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