Software Engineer, Kubernetes

We are seeking a talented Go developer with strong expertise in Kubernetes to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will focus on developing and maintaining our Kubernetes operator and related Helm charts. You will collaborate closely with our cloud and core engineering teams to build robust and scalable systems, with an emphasis on stability and safe upgrades with zero downtime.

You Will

• Contribute to our Kubernetes operator and Helm chart, both internally and for customers and members of our community
• Be an expert at all things Kubernetes, influencing designs and implementations of Redpanda running over both managed and unmanaged Kubernetes
• Contribute meaningfully to the test coverage of operator
• Participate in an on-call escalation chain, help drive down problems that lead to on-call escalations, and help drive improving on-call quality of life

• Passion for working on deeply technical projects and wanting to work on distributed systems, concurrency & parallelism, and correctness
• Strong understanding of Go and Kubernetes
• Experience and comfortable working with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, in the open and a self-starter
• Passion to grow a culture of written tradition
• Comfort working within a small team and 100% distributed engineering org collaborating on GitHub, JIRA, Slack, and video meetings
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Professional fluency in English (written and verbal) for collaboration with our English-speaking team

• Working knowledge of building Kubernetes operators for storage systems
• Experience building a SaaS platform
• Operated and used streaming platforms either as a user or provider