Linode is looking for a Software Engineer, specializing in Kubernetes, to join the Product Development department. As a member of our team, your primary responsibilities will include maintaining our product infrastructure and improving automation to deliver these services to our customers.
As a Software Engineer in Product Development, you'll have an opportunity to get your hands dirty at all levels of our stack. You’ll help maintain core Internet infrastructure for a cloud computing provider across globally distributed facilities.
We're a highly collaborative team with a focus on agile development and innovative solutions. We encourage and reward curiosity, ingenuity, and technical skill. If you like ambitious projects that have a huge impact, solving problems, and helping others, you'll enjoy working at Linode!
Technologies
You don't have to have experience with all of these, but you should have experience with some of them and an interest to learn others:
- Bash, Go, and Python
- Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
- Relational Databases
- Linux systems and virtualization
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve the Linode Kubernetes Engine.
- Design and implement highly distributed systems.
- Help maintain a fleet of Kubernetes clusters.
- Research, design, and apply control plane enhancements.
- Take part in cluster incident response.
- Help other teams deploy applications on the LKE platform.
- Actively advocate for infrastructure automation and Kubernetes adoption both inside and outside of the organization.
Minimum qualifications
- 3+ years of software development experience, with one or more general-purpose programming languages.
- Experience with cloud services and automation.
Preferred qualifications
- Software development experience with the Go programming language.
- Software development experience in Kubernetes.
- CKA, CKAD, CKS certification, or relevant qualifying experience in managing production Kubernetes clusters.
- Experience in designing and developing software or infrastructure for distributed systems.
- Experience in authentication, encryption, certificate management, automation, and operating system security
- Software development experience using a Kubernetes engine, e.g. (LKE, GKE, EKS, DOK, AKS, or other).
- Experience debugging Kubernetes workloads.
- Experience with open source development.
Work With Us
- Philadelphia Office: HQ is one of the coolest tech buildings in Philly; join us on N3RD street!
- Flexible work hours: We offer a flexible work schedule, a generous paid time off package, and two work from home days on a weekly basis.
- Unbelievable benefits: We provide comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) contributions, a profit-sharing program, and pension plans.
- Monthly wellness reimbursements: up to $100 towards gym memberships, diet plans, massages, etc.
- A Macbook Pro: to use around the office and at home.
- Free hosting service: Take advantage of some Linode service - we’ll pick up the tab.
- Linode Lunch: What goes better with technology than food? Nothing. We bring in a catered lunch every week.
- Competitive salary: It all begins with fair compensation. We believe in paying people well and rewarding those who go the extra mile.
Equal Employment, Equal Treatment, No Judgment
Linode is committed to a culture that creates a sense of inclusion and belonging. We understand that teams perform their best when they include people with diverse backgrounds and differing perspectives, but also that to achieve greatness, people need to feel like they can be themselves; they need to be equal, included, and comfortable in order to perform at their best. Linode stands for equal pay, equal treatment, and equal experiences for all of our people, past, present, and future, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic class, disability status, or any other differentiating factor. We strive to make sure every last person who we interact with feels like they belong and has the same opportunities as everyone else.
About Linode
Since 2003, Linode has been providing cloud computing services to customers around the world. Linode offers compute, storage, and networking services from ten data centers in regions spanning across North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. We are committed to making Linode the most simple, powerful, and reliable hosting provider that thousands of customers—from the fastest-growing startups to established enterprises—trust. This industry moves fast, but we strive to hire the kind of people who can stay a step ahead and keep us - and themselves - at the top. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace for all.