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We are seeking a seasoned Principal Platform Engineer to lead the evolution and performance of our Kubernetes-based production environment. In this role, you will drive reliability, scalability, and observability across mission-critical systems while working hands-on with Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, and modern infrastructure automation. You will partner closely with Engineering and Support teams to optimize system performance, influence architectural decisions, and build resilient platforms that enable business growth at scale.

Responsibilities:

Maintain, scale, and enhance our Kubernetes production platform

Improve the performance, reliability, and availability of production systems

Ensure comprehensive observability across services, infrastructure, and applications (metrics, logs, traces, alerts)

Diagnose and tune database and service performance across distributed systems

Partner with Development teams to assess platform impact of new features and architectural changes

Identify workflow friction and contribute to scalable, resilient technical solutions

Collaborate with Support teams to build and maintain operational runbooks and improve incident response processes

Provide leadership and mentoring within the team

Participate in on-call rotations, lead incident response efforts, and drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions for production issues

Requirements:

5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments

3+ years GCP cloud experience required; multi-cloud exposure is a plus

Strong expertise with Linux systems administration and troubleshooting

Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code workflows

Strong understanding of container lifecycle management and deployments

Programming experience in Go, Python, or a comparable language

Experience with database performance optimization and tuning

Experience handling on-call response for public-facing services

Prior team lead and mentorship experience is highly preferred

Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals and network-level troubleshooting

Education and Experience:

At least 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience preferred

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred

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