Upstart
DevOps Engineer II, Cloud Platform
$142K–$197K
United States +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jul 1, 2026
- Location
- United States
Remote
Remote - Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience; 3+ years operating Kubernetes in production.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
About the job
Build and operate Upstart’s shared cloud platform, improving infrastructure reliability, scalability, security, cost efficiency, and developer experience.
What you'll do
- Operate Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and evolve AWS infrastructure and network architecture.
- Build infrastructure-as-code and GitOps workflows; improve reliability through SLOs, incident response, and systemic fixes.
- Partner across teams to improve platform standards, developer experience, and cloud resource efficiency.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of professional experience and 3+ years operating production Kubernetes, including cluster networking, storage, and RBAC.
- Proficiency with AWS infrastructure, including VPC design, networking, and IAM.
- Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code and GitOps workflows; ability to influence technical decisions and drive platform standards.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Envoy; experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.
- Experience with cloud networking at scale or knowledge of cloud security, identity, and compliance frameworks.
Pay
$142,000 — $196,600 USD (base salary); $136,000 — $165,000 CAD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes (EKS), AWS, Terraform, CDK, ArgoCD, Istio, Envoy, Cloudflare
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