vCluster

Sr. Platform Engineer

vCluster WorkFromHome

Stellenbeschreibung:

Sr. Platform Engineer

As a Sr. Platform Engineer at vCluster Labs, you won’t just maintain infrastructure; you will be the backbone of our engineering velocity. You will act as "Customer Zero" for our own products, building the internal platforms that enable our engineering teams to ship faster, securely, and more efficiently.

Responsibilities

  • Infrastructure Management: Own and improve our multi‑cloud infrastructure spread across AWS, GCP, and Digital Ocean. You will manage Kubernetes clusters, handle patching, manage access, and enhance tooling to ensure robust alerts and metrics.
  • CI/CD Optimization: Drive the improvement of GitHub CI pipelines. You will be responsible for creating secure, repeatable testing environments and automating pipeline updates to streamline the developer experience.
  • Internal Services Architecture: Architect and host infrastructure for engineering development, including internal services and vCluster‑specific platforms (e.g., loft.rocks, vCluster Cloud). You will empower engineers to build pipelines securely through education and tooling.
  • Customer Zero: Act as the first and most critical user of our products. You will push vCluster features to their limits to create useful internal tools, discovering bugs and providing feedback to Engineering to shape the future of our software.
  • Terraform Automation: Focus on automating updates and managing infrastructure as code using Spacelift. You will give the team the ability to create infrastructure on demand, ensuring scalability and consistency.
  • Execution: Manage a variety of Kanban tasks via Linear, ranging from improving observability to handling GitHub policy requests, release engineering, and access management.

Qualifications

  • Experience: 5+ years Platform Engineering or DevOps, with a focus on modern, cloud‑native technologies.
  • Technical Fluency: Expert in HCL and Terraform modules, with deep experience administering Kubernetes clusters.
  • Pipeline Mastery: Extensive experience with GitHub pipelines and proficiency in optimizing them for speed and security.
  • Cloud Proficiency: Hands‑on experience managing and deploying in public clouds, specifically AWS or GCP.
  • Modern Tech Mindset: Thrive in environments that reject legacy tech. Want to work with a modern stack where you can pick your own hardware and solve a variety of problems, from pipelines to internal services.

Bonus points for

  • Automation Skills: Experience writing automation scripts with Bash or Python.
  • Programming: Proficiency in Go or Python is a significant plus.
  • Kubernetes Depth: Relevant certifications such as CKA or experience writing Kubernetes operators.
  • Documentation: Basic experience writing technical documentation and a willingness to build AI automation in the documentation to contribute to our knowledge base.
  • Tools: Familiarity with Linear for task management.

About VCluster Labs

We are a venture‑backed tech startup striving to be the leading force in enabling platform engineers. We raised +$30M from top‑tier VCs such as Khosla Ventures and are in a hyper‑growth phase looking for motivated people to complement our team. Our headquarters are in San Francisco (Salesforce Tower), but our team is distributed around the globe and we have a remote‑first work culture.

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive compensation package, including equity.
  • Platinum‑Level Insurance: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance, including plans for you and eligible dependents.
  • Flexible Working Schedule: Results matter more than clocking in and out at the same time every day.
  • Workplace Flexibility: We’re very flexible about where you work, and we’re happy to adjust the work environment for you along the way.

Culture & Values

  • Open Source, Open Mind: We actively contribute to and maintain open‑source projects and foster meritocracy.
  • Build Tomorrow’s Standards, Intentionally: We define the state‑of‑the‑art of tomorrow while disciplined and fearless in tearing down old approaches.
  • Create Wow: We measure success by the experience we generate, both inside and outside the company.
  • Own the Outcome: We connect daily individual actions to the broader success of the company and our customers.

Compensation Range: €80K - €110K

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Stelleninformationen

  • Veröffentlichungsdatum:

    04 Feb 2026
  • Standort:

    WorkFromHome
  • Typ:

    Vollzeit
  • Arbeitsmodell:

    Vor Ort
  • Kategorie:

  • Erfahrung:

    2+ years
  • Arbeitsverhältnis:

    Angestellt

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