Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure,Kubernetes
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Job Description
Structured overview of role & requirementsAbout This Role
Design, build, and own telemetry infrastructure backend services and high-volume data pipelines using Kafka and ClickHouse with predictable latency and no silent data loss.
Deploy, scale, and operate Kubernetes production services using Helm and CI/CD pipelines; lead incident response and own observability including metrics, logs, tracing, and alerts focused on customer impact.
Lead full development lifecycle for multi-service features, including backend APIs, front-end telemetry analytics, technical leadership with design docs, postmortems, code reviews, and mentoring engineers.
Minimum Requirements
8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
4+ years designing and operating distributed systems; 3+ years Kubernetes production experience including Helm and CI/CD; 3+ years Kafka or equivalent streaming experience; 3+ years on-call and production ownership experience.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or closely related technical field; Master’s degree can offset one year of experience.
Strong backend development skills in Java, Python, or Go at production scale; solid SQL and experience with columnar/analytical data stores including query optimization and data modeling.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Experienced in full-cycle design and production ownership of distributed telemetry or data streaming systems at scale, comfortable across backend and infrastructure domains.
Proficient with Kubernetes production deployments and Kafka streaming pipelines, capable of leading multi-service feature design and operating services under defined SLOs including on-call incident response.
Skilled in integrating AI tools in software development and telemetry exposure, with practical knowledge of AI coding assistants, LLM API integration, and engineering safeguards for AI-based features.