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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - Core Infrastructure - **Company:** Lambda Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Computer Networks, Key Management, Role-Based Access Control, Prometheus, Workflow Management Systems, AI Infrastructure, Data Logging, Pulumi, High Performance Computing, Grafana, Multi-Cloud, Kubernetes, Software Coding, Terraform, Serverless Computing - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-platform-engineer-core-infrastructure-lambda-3-8778093 ## About the Role * 5+ years in Platform, Infrastructure, or SRE roles, including running Kubernetes in production at scale. * Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals and day-2 operations (upgrades, scaling, troubleshooting). * Strong with Helm, Kustomize, or similar, and GitOps-based delivery. * Proficient with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent). * Solid grounding in networking, service meshes, and container runtimes. * Hands-on with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). * Strong coding skills in Go or Python for automation and tooling. * Practical security experience: network policies, secrets management, and image scanning. Nice to Have * Experience with multi-cluster, multi-cloud, or hybrid environments. * Knowledge of GPU scheduling, HPC workloads, or ML/AI infrastructure. * Experience with workflow orchestration / durable execution frameworks (Temporal, Cadence, or Argo Workflows). * Exposure to cost optimization and capacity planning for large clusters. * Contributions to CNCF or Kubernetes open-source projects. * CKA/CKS certification. ## Description *Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office location 4 days per week; Lambda's designated work from home day is currently Tuesday. Engineering at Lambda is responsible for building and scaling our cloud offering. Our scope includes the Lambda website, cloud APIs and systems as well as internal tooling for system deployment, management and maintenance. What You'll Do * Architect, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters across AWS and Lambda's bare-metal datacenters. * Build and maintain automation for cluster lifecycle management - provisioning, upgrades, and scaling. * Own the reliability, performance, and security of Kubernetes workloads in production. * Implement observability, logging, and alerting for clusters and critical workloads. * Partner with product teams to design scalable, cloud-native services and CI/CD pipelines. * Set the standards for resource management, networking, and RBAC across the platform. * Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems for platform issues. * Mentor engineers and raise the bar for platform engineering across the org. ## Related Videos - [Why segmenting your infrastructure into tiers makes your infrastructure design better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1960-why-segmenting-your-infrastructure-into-tiers-makes-your-infrastructure-design-better) - [5 steps for running a Kubernetes environment at scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/88-5-steps-for-running-a-kubernetes-environment-at-scale) - [One Platform Could Not Fit Them All](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1919-one-platform-could-not-fit-them-all) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Terraform for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/3-terraform-for-developers) - [Building a Cloud Platform Where Everything is Just Another Kubernetes Resource](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100137-building-a-cloud-platform-where-everything-is-just-another-kubernetes-resource) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)