Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead – NetBox Delivery

NetBox Labs

. Design and build software that installs, upgrades, and runs NetBox, including Kubernetes operators, controllers, internal APIs, and release tooling .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in software development with a focus on Python, Kubernetes, and observability practices. Capable of leading technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-team collaboration in a production environment.

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Python DevelopmentKubernetes OperatorsObservability ImplementationTechnical LeadershipAWS Experience

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Hard Skills

Software DevelopmentProduction SaaS ApplicationsDjangoPostgresKubernetes APIError ReportingDistributed TracingMetricsStructured LoggingTechnical Ownership

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationDecision-Making

Tools & Technologies

OpenTelemetrySentryAWSHelmGitHub ActionsArgoCDFluxCDTerraformPrometheusGrafana

Industry Keywords

NetBoxCloudEnterpriseSRERFCs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoGrafanaKubernetesPostgresPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build software that installs, upgrades, and runs NetBox, including Kubernetes operators, controllers, internal APIs, and release tooling
Contribute to NetBox and its core plugins to improve production speed and reliability
Build observability into owned software and set standards for testing, documentation, and SLOs
Own the technical direction and architecture for building, releasing, and running NetBox on Cloud and Enterprise
Lead and mentor engineers, including the SRE, through design and code review
Collaborate with NetBox Core and Cloud, Enterprise, and Foundations teams to define release contracts and drive cross-team changes through RFCs
Act as a technical escalation point during incidents and ensure postmortem actions are completed

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of software development experience, including technical ownership of a production system or platform area
Strong Python skills and experience with production SaaS applications; Django and Postgres preferred
Experience building software on top of Kubernetes, including operators, controllers, or deployment tooling
Solid understanding of reconciliation loops, custom resources, and the Kubernetes API
Experience building observability into applications, including error reporting, distributed tracing, metrics, and structured logging
Experience with tools such as OpenTelemetry and Sentry
Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes and Helm, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD or FluxCD, Terraform, Prometheus, and Grafana
Experience leading engineering work without formal manager authority, including mentoring other engineers
Hands-on experience building inside an AI-augmented development harness, including Claude Code and reliable agentic tooling workflows
Track record of making technical decisions under ambiguity and driving work across team boundaries

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Bonus
Equal opportunity employment
Accommodation support during the hiring process