Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer

Broadcom

Actively hiring
Palo Alto, CA Posted 52 days ago $120,000–$192,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Principal Kubernetes Engineer at VMware by Broadcom’s VCF Kubernetes Distribution team in Palo Alto, you will lead the design and implementation of business-aligned contributions to Kubernetes and CNCF projects, focusing on releases, security, manageability, scale, and integrations. You’ll work with Go to develop fixes and features for Kubernetes and other related projects, ensuring compatibility across versions and enhancing automation pipelines. Your role involves collaborating with a global community through KEPS and open-source processes while also working internally with product, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver timely releases that meet SLAs. Success in this position includes becoming an internal expert within six months and making significant contributions to upstream projects after the initial period, all while mentoring junior engineers and driving innovation within the team.

Skills

Kubernetes Go CNCF CI/CD vSphere Docker Terraform AWS GCP Azure PostgreSQL Prometheus GitLab GitHub Maven Jenkins Ansible Python Shell_scripting

What you'll do

  • Design and implement customer-oriented features for Kubernetes and CNCF projects through KEPS.
  • Ensure compatibility of Kubernetes versions with continual improvements to automation and testing pipelines.
  • Deliver timely releases that meet SLAs, security, and compliance requirements.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to plans for new product opportunities.
  • Write automated tests to validate critical customer functionalities in production environments.
  • Lead developer efficiency efforts and improve the culture of innovation within the team.

What we're looking for

  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals and related CNCF projects.
  • Material engineering contributions to at least one CNCF project.
  • Experience leading system software projects or teams.
  • Strong knowledge of distributed systems, databases, algorithms, and data structures.
  • Proficiency in Go programming language for developing Kubernetes controllers.
  • Ability to design and implement customer-oriented features through KEPS or similar processes.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for community interactions.

Market check

Salary context

This $120,000–$192,000 range sits above 46% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$199,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$139,100–$178,828

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Broadcom

Broadcom is a global semiconductor and infrastructure software company that designs and markets a wide range of networking, storage, and wireless connectivity solutions. Industry: Semiconductors & Infrastructure Software

Broadcom currently has 72 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,400–$192,000 across 72 roles with salary data.

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