DataRobotHiring

Staff Software Engineer

  • Remote, United States
  • Senior
  • Posted 5 days ago
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Staff-level infrastructure role on a control plane team, building Kubernetes systems across multi-cloud and hybrid setups; on-call rotation included.

About the role

Fleet work covers control plane services, tenancy models, deployment pipelines and observability. Expect to set technical direction while still writing code and mentoring engineers.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United States
Seniority
Senior
Skills
Kubernetes, Python, Go, Helm, Terraform, Pulumi, GitOps, Cilium
Posted
30 Oct 2026
Last checked
3 Nov 2026

What you will do

  • Design and build secure Kubernetes infrastructure that scales in multi-cloud and hybrid setups
  • Set the technical direction for core control plane work: tenancy, deployment pipelines, observability
  • Mentor engineers and push for a culture of ownership and curiosity
  • Bring in GitOps, Kyverno policy as code, Cilium networking, autoscaling and better resource use
  • Work closely with SRE, platform and application teams so infrastructure fits product needs
  • Guide CI/CD, reliability, container lifecycle and developer experience practices

What they look for

  • Seven to ten or more years in engineering, with at least five in infrastructure, platform or backend work
  • Solid Python or Go, with a record of production systems used across an engineering org
  • Able to design systems from scratch and make pragmatic tradeoffs
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals: networking, scheduling, scaling, controllers
  • Experience across AWS, GCP or Azure, and hybrid environments

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Cilium, Kyverno, KEDA, Gateway API or OPA
  • Experience running multi-tenant SaaS platforms
  • Exposure to on-prem delivery or regulated environments
  • Performance tuning for large data or compute workloads

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It is a senior role. The posting asks for: seven to ten or more years in engineering, with at least five in infrastructure, platform or backend work; solid Python or Go, with a record of production systems used across an engineering org; able to design systems from scratch and make pragmatic tradeoffs. Skills it names include Kubernetes, Python, Go, Helm.

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