Principal Software Engineer - GO, Kubernetes Platform Engineering
ServiceNow (company site, opens in a new tab)14+ yrsHyderabadHybridDirect career pageEst. 50–90 LPA
Posted 2h ago
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About This Role
- Lead design and delivery of complex cloud-native platform components and services, owning them from design through production operation.
- Act as technical lead for major features, translating ambiguous problems into clear, scalable designs and driving technical strategy.
- Maintain hands-on involvement with Kubernetes operators, controllers, infrastructure automation, platform services, and mentor junior engineers.
Minimum Requirements
- 14+ years experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms in production.
- Proven hands-on expertise with Kubernetes platform engineering including operators, controllers, admission controllers, and production operations.
- Strong programming skills in Go and experience with Kubernetes architecture (orchestration, scheduling, security, storage, networking).
- Extensive experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Crossplane.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Senior engineer with deep technical leadership experience driving complex platform initiatives end-to-end in Kubernetes environments.
- Expertise in operating stateful and distributed workloads on Kubernetes with strong focus on reliability, scalability, and operability.
- Experience integrating AI-driven tooling or automation into platform engineering and supporting distributed microservices and event-driven architectures.