Senior Principal Software Engineer – DevOps
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Full Time
6 days ago
$170,000 - $277,000 USD
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Key skills
CloudFluxGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxNode.jsPythonTerraformGoCAILLMClaudeGCPGoogle CloudArgoCDGitOpsCommunicationFirewall
About this role
Role Overview
- Design and implement GCP cloud infrastructure solutions
- Lead weekly global production upgrade cycles
- Own end-to-end service deployments on Kubernetes
- Manage and optimize production database infrastructure
- Utilize AI tools to optimize coding and automate tasks
- Manage multi-tenant customer infrastructure
- Develop internal Python CLI tools and automation scripts
- Drive cloud cost optimization
- Enhance service reliability by establishing SLAs
- Innovate, design, and improve the Next-Generation Firewall
Requirements
- B.S. degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
- 15 years of experience designing and developing scalable software and infrastructure solutions
- 3 to 4 years of experience managing cross-functional projects
- Deep expertise in GCP and Kubernetes orchestration including HPA, Node Pools, and Terraform
- Strong programming skills in C, Python, and Go
- Experience managing production databases and standard Linux or Networking troubleshooting
- Proficiency with GitOps workflows like Flux or ArgoCD
- Experience with networking development, HTTP, TCP/UDP, socket programming, and web server backends
- Proficient in using LLM-based agents like Cursor or Claude Code
- Experience with multi-threaded programming and large-scale, distributed software design
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Tech Stack
- Cloud
- Flux
- Google Cloud Platform
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Node.js
- Python
- Terraform
- Go
Benefits
- Employee benefits can be found at the company's site.