Platform Engineering Consultant - Remote

Build and operate infrastructure that powers open source software at scale. You will work directly with client engineering teams to design, deploy and maintain production platforms. Kubernetes is central to how we work and a tool we are investing in heavily, but the role spans the broader infrastructure landscape.

This role combines deep technical work with collaborative consulting. You will partner with client engineering teams to solve their toughest infrastructure challenges, develop genuine platform expertise and grow into technical leadership over time.

Location: Fully remote (preference for EU or East Coast US hours)

Travel: Optional conference attendance What We're Looking ForRequired

-Solid Kubernetes experience. You are comfortable operating clusters in production, troubleshooting workload failures, managing networking and storage and navigating unfamiliar configurations independently. You do not need to have seen everything, but you should know how to find your way

-Broader infrastructure competence. Kubernetes is not the whole job. You are comfortable working across the platform stack: networking, storage, Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling

-Infrastructure as Code mindset. You treat infrastructure configuration as software: version controlled, peer reviewed and repeatable. You are uncomfortable with manual changes to production systems and you can articulate why. Experience with Ansible, Terraform or equivalent tooling is expected

-SRE or customer-facing support background. You are comfortable diagnosing and resolving issues reported by clients, often from vague descriptions and limited reproduction steps. You understand that good incident response is as much about communication as it is about technical skill

-Consultancy or client-facing technical background. You know how to balance technical excellence with business constraints, manage expectations across multiple projects and advocate for the right solution while respecting customer timelines

-Strong English communication skills, both spoken and written, for documentation, incident reports and client discussions

-Self-directed work style. You thrive in a remote, asynchronous environment and take ownership of your work without needing close supervision -h4

Solid Kubernetes experience. You are comfortable operating clusters in production, troubleshooting workload failures, managing networking and storage and navigating unfamiliar configurations independently. You do not need to have seen everything, but you should know how to find your way

-Broader infrastructure competence. Kubernetes is not the whole job. You are comfortable working across the platform stack: networking, storage, Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling

-Infrastructure as Code mindset. You treat infrastructure configuration as software: version controlled, peer reviewed and repeatable. You are uncomfortable with manual changes to production systems and you can articulate why. Experience with Ansible, Terraform or equivalent tooling is expected

-SRE or customer-facing support background. You are comfortable diagnosing and resolving issues reported by clients, often from vague descriptions and limited reproduction steps. You understand that good incident response is as much about communication as it is about technical skill

-Consultancy or client-facing technical background. You know how to balance technical excellence with business constraints, manage expectations across multiple projects and advocate for the right solution while respecting customer timelines

-Strong English communication skills, both spoken and written, for documentation, incident reports and client discussions

-Self-directed work style. You thrive in a remote, asynchronous environment and take ownership of your work without needing close supervision -h4