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JOB TITLE: (USA) Senior, Software Engineer
The Senior Platform Reliability Engineer joins the Kubernetes platform team to ensure the stability, observability, and reliability of the container orchestration ecosystem. This role focuses on operational excellence by developing platform health dashboards, reporting, and operational metrics while improving resiliency and Service Level Indicators. You will design monitoring and alerting systems, maintain system architecture diagrams, and create automated tools to debug production issues. The position requires proficiency in multiple programming languages like Python or Typescript, along with experience using Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD. You must possess deep knowledge of AWS, GCP, and Azure infrastructure, as well as tools like Kyverno, Karpenter, and Prometheus. The work involves solving complex networking and security problems to maintain a stable, high-performing cloud-based infrastructure.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Colorado?
Median $168000 from 81 postings across 21 companies.
Develop and maintain platform health dashboards, reporting, and operational metrics.
Design and improve monitoring, alerting, and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
Create automated solutions and tools to debug and resolve production problems.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on platform stability and operational excellence.
Maintain documentation including system architecture diagrams, post-mortems, and incident management runbooks.
Debug complex infrastructure problems across Kubernetes and major cloud providers.
Participate in a team on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability.
What we're looking for
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
3-5 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure development, deployment, or maintenance of the Kubernetes container orchestration ecosystem.
2-3 years of experience with software development, being fluent in more than one programming language.
Experience with Kubernetes tools such as Kyverno, Karpenter, Kubectl, KubeCost, Argo CD, Prometheus, Gateway API, VictoriaLogs/Traces, and Cluster API.
Deep understanding of infrastructure and tools on major cloud providers including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions/Argo CD, and scripting with Python or Typescript.
In-depth knowledge of networking and security, and some knowledge of operating systems.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area (preferred).
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).