Description
We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer to set the technical direction for our Runtime Foundation platform, leading the most ambiguous and consequential infrastructure work. You'll shape the roadmap, act as a trusted technical authority, and drive architectural direction for Kubernetes at scale.
Responsibilities:
- Set technical strategy for the platform and shape the roadmap
- Lead cross-team infrastructure initiatives end-to-end
- Act as a technical authority for engineering teams across Snyk
- Drive architectural direction for Kubernetes at scale
- Define architecture for in-cluster platform services and Helm chart standards
- Shape Terraform module architecture at organisational scale
- Make multi-cloud architecture decisions with long-term consequences
- Own ingress, networking, and service mesh architecture
- Raise the engineering bar across the department
Requirements:
- Extensive professional experience operating and architecting production infrastructure at scale
- Deep expertise across Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and multi-cloud environments
- Ability to take ambiguous problems, define success, and build alignment across teams
- History of making durable architectural decisions and mentoring senior engineers
Nice to have:
- Experience with Teleport, RBAC, or JIT/least-privilege access systems at scale
- Cloud cost optimisation outcomes and tools like PerfectScale
- Reusable CI/CD platform abstractions and org-wide adoption
- Disaster-recovery strategy and recovery automation across Kubernetes and cloud services
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