Staff Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Design and implement scalable, secure Kubernetes-based infrastructure for multi-cloud and hybrid settings.

• Guide the technical strategy for core Fleet projects—control plane services, tenancy models, deployment pipelines, observability layers, and beyond.

• Mentor team members, nurturing a robust engineering culture characterized by ownership, curiosity, and excellence.

• Propel modernization initiatives—introducing concepts such as GitOps, Policy-as-Code (Kyverno), Cilium networking, autoscaling, and enhanced resource efficiency.

• Collaborate extensively with SRE, Platform, and Application teams to synchronize infrastructure capabilities with actual product requirements.

• Advocate for best practices in CI/CD, reliability, container lifecycle management, and developer experience.

• Act as a thought partner to engineering leadership, contributing to the development of how Fleet enhances its impact across the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7-10+ years of engineering experience, including a minimum of 5+ years in infrastructure, platform, or backend systems roles.

• Profound knowledge of Kubernetes internals and operations, encompassing networking, scheduling, scaling, and controller patterns.

• Demonstrated capability to design and construct systems from the ground up, making practical trade-offs throughout the process.

• Strong expertise in contemporary programming languages such as Python or Go.

• Experience in building production-quality, reliable, and observable systems utilized across engineering teams.

• A growth-oriented mindset—eager to teach, learn, and enhance both systems and personnel.

• Familiarity with operating across various cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and/or hybrid environments.

• Extensive experience with Helm, container orchestration patterns, and CI/CD automation.

• Proficient in working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Pulumi and GitOps workflows.

• Ability to influence without formal authority and unify diverse stakeholders around technical decisions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Flexible Time Off Program

• Paid Holidays

• Paid Parental Leave

• Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more!