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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in engineering leadership, focusing on distributed computing and platform engineering. Proficient in managing Kubernetes environments and implementing cost-efficient solutions while ensuring security and availability.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Engineering LeadershipKubernetes ManagementAWS and GCP ExpertisePlatform EngineeringStakeholder Management
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Distributed ComputingKubernetesGitOpsAWSGCPAI ToolsKubernetes OperatorsMetrics TrackingArchitecture DevelopmentCapacity Planning
Soft Skills
CommunicationCoachingTeam BuildingCross-Team CollaborationGoal Setting
Tools & Technologies
ArgoCDDORA MetricsSPACE Metrics
Industry Keywords
Regulated EnvironmentSecurity GuardrailsPlatform Services
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetes
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, hire, coach, and set clear goals for a team of engineers
- Develop a roadmap for architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, and capacity for infrastructure, databases, and Kubernetes clusters
- Ensure platforms meet availability and security targets
- Reduce the time product engineers need to deploy and run services on the platform
- Help product engineering teams make cost-efficient choices for platform services
- Share team context and build cross-team relationships
- Balance technical decisions against team and company goals
- Track team productivity using metrics such as DORA and SPACE and drive measurable improvement
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years of experience in distributed computing
- 3+ years in engineering leadership roles
- A degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Detailed knowledge of AWS, GCP, or both, in a regulated environment that requires security guardrails
- Experience running Kubernetes in production with GitOps (ArgoCD preferred)
- An understanding of how to use AI tools such as Claude, and how to help your engineers and customers use them efficiently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience managing stakeholders across teams and functions
- Platform engineering experience that abstracts Kubernetes complexity into a stable internal product (standout)
- Experience creating and maintaining Kubernetes operators (standout)
Benefits
Comp & perks- Remote first
- 25 days of paid annual leave
- 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
- Private Health Insurance
- Mental Health Support Platform
- FitPass
- Family and friendly leave (according to statutory)
- Personal L&D budget
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