Lead Software Engineer-Go / Kubernetes / AWS

What you'll do

• Build and maintain Go-based Kubernetes controllers, CRDs, admission controls, and secure cross-cluster provisioning mechanisms.
• Develop platform APIs and Terraform providers, and lead multi-region deployment, rollout, IaC, and GitOps strategies.
• Drive engineering quality and team adoption of authorized AI-assisted development practices with validation standards for security, correctness, and reliability.

What they ask for

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including CRDs, controllers, reconciliation, admission webhooks, and RBAC; proficiency in Go.
• Strong AWS knowledge, including Amazon EKS, IAM, STS, VPC networking, IRSA, and EKS Pod Identity.
• Experience operating production-scale platform services and CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and leading responsible use of approved AI-assisted development tools.

Nice to have

• Multi-tenant Kubernetes platform experience; Terraform provider development is strongly preferred.
• Financial services or other regulated-industry experience; security threat modeling is highly desirable.

Pay

USD 156,750.00-$215,000.00 base salary

Tools

Go (Golang), Kubernetes, AWS, Amazon EKS, Terraform, GitOps, IRSA, EKS Pod Identity

AI focus

Leads responsible team adoption of authorized AI-assisted engineering for coding, reviews, refactoring, testing, and troubleshooting, with validation for correctness, performance, security, and safe handling of sensitive data.