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LastPass

Staff Kubernetes Engineer

LastPass

. Own the architecture, design, and evolution of our Kubernetes-based platform on AWS, ensuring scalability, resilience, and operational excellence .

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇹 PortugalLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudKubernetesNode.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the architecture, design, and evolution of our Kubernetes-based platform on AWS, ensuring scalability, resilience, and operational excellence
  • Develop, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CDK), enforcing best practices and architectural standards
  • Act as the technical guide and domain expert for Kubernetes architecture, collaborating closely with the Architecture team to bridge high-level strategy with implementation and guide engineering teams with clear patterns, reference architectures, and best-practice recommendations
  • Lead technical decision-making across multiple teams, providing mentorship, design reviews, and hands-on support to drive platform consistency and quality
  • Drive proactive improvements across the platform, identifying scaling issues, reliability gaps, or operational inefficiencies before they become problems
  • Design and implement secure, compliant, and highly observable Kubernetes environments, integrating monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
  • Lead and support the migration of non-cloud-native applications to the new infrastructure, assessing readiness and implementing best practices for scalability and maintainability
  • Champion automation and GitOps practices to reduce manual work, eliminate drift, and improve release velocity
  • Lead cross-team initiatives and influence technical direction outside your immediate organization, driving adoption of cloud-native best practices
  • Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to incident response and root cause analysis

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Expertise in Kubernetes cluster architecture and operations, including designing and maintaining multi-node clusters for performance, scalability, and fault tolerance
  • Proficiency with service mesh technologies to manage observability, security, and traffic routing, along with experience implementing auto-scaling, optimizing resource utilization, and planning rolling upgrades and disaster recovery scenarios with zero downtime
  • Solid knowledge of and experience with AWS and EKS
  • Ability to assess application readiness and provide migration strategies for different application types while ensuring minimal disruption during transitions
  • Automation mindset with the drive to identify and automate repetitive tasks and manual processes
  • Experience with observability tools such as DataDog to ensure high uptime and fast issue resolution
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, with a collaborative, team-oriented approach and a can-do attitude
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills across stakeholder groups of varied technical backgrounds, with strong written and verbal English proficiency
  • Fluency with AI tools and large language models to support platform engineering, automation, and operational efficiency

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Market-leading password manager
  • High-growth, collaborative environment with inclusive teams
  • Remote-first culture
  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexible Paid Time Off policies, including but not limited to: Quarterly Self-Care Days (4 extra paid days off annually) and Volunteer Days
  • Parental leave
  • Comprehensive health coverage, including dependents
  • Home office setup support
  • LastPass Families free account for up to 5 members
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities, including an annual learning stipend to invest in your growth
  • Peer-to-peer recognition through Motivosity
  • Employee Assistance Program for well-being support
  • Remote work stipend to support your home office needs
  • Short-Term or Remote-Centric Work Arrangements for added flexibility

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Hard Skills & Tools
KubernetesAWSInfrastructure as Codeservice mesh technologiesauto-scalingobservabilitymigration strategiesautomationtroubleshootingGitOps
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcollaborativecommunicationmentorshipleadershipteam-orientedcan-do attitudeinfluencetechnical decision-makingcross-team collaboration