Build and evolve Airtable’s compute platform
Design, implement, and scale core Kubernetes platform capabilities used across ~70 clusters, spread across multiple environments
Lead foundational modernization efforts such as migrating to a new CNI plugin to overhaul IP security rule management across clusters and regions
Rewrite our core deployment service from Typescript to Golang and adopt performant Kubernetes operator patterns to eliminate scaling bottlenecks on our larger clusters
Improve developer experience around new service creation, deployment workflows, and operational best practices
Partner with Security to implement governance controls, least privilege access, image signing, and enterprise-grade infrastructure safeguards
Define and uphold operational excellence standards across the platform by defining good SLOs, measuring and upholding them
Spend roughly 70% of your time in hands-on engineering and 30% in design reviews, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration
Review architecture proposals and guide high-impact infrastructure decisions
Mentor engineers on distributed systems and Kubernetes platform design
Collaborate closely with developers building and deploying services across Airtable

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise building and operating a Kubernetes based internal service platform
Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, including controllers/operators, CRDs, networking, and cluster architecture
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar
Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling such as Spinnaker, ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins, or similar
Preferably experience with AWS infrastructure and EKS

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesGolangTypescriptInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCloudFormationOpenTofuPulumiCI/CDSpinnaker

Soft Skills

mentorshipcross-team collaborationdesign reviewsoperational excellencedeveloper experience