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# Senior Software Engineer - K0s Team

- **Company:** Mirantis, Inc.
- **Location:** Campbell, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Engineering, Linux, Github, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Open Source Technology, Systems Integration, Kubernetes, Golang
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pmw1gezhqw

## About the Role

* Strong Kubernetes experience, the deeper the better
 * Experience in Linux, VMs, networking, containers and the general tech stack that makes cloud-native tick
 * Ability to write clean and maintainable (Golang) code
 * Strong engineering background with meaningful track record on Github
 * You value pragmatism and result-oriented team and project work
 * Good communication skills in English

## Description

We're seeking a Software Engineer with a passion for shaping the future of k0sproject. As a CNCF Sandbox project, k0s is an open source, all-inclusive Kubernetes distribution, which is configured with all of the features needed to build a Kubernetes cluster and packaged as a single binary for ease of use. We're tackling an interesting problem: How do we package and operate Kubernetes itself in the simplest possible way but still allowing enough flexibility for varying use cases.
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Within Mirantis, you'll join a remote team of fellow maintainers for k0s and related project as well as the larger OSS ecosystem maintainers. We're looking for someone within European timezones.

As part of Mirantis, you'll also help shape our Kubernetes and container ecosystem products that rely on various upstream projects as well as collaborate on other upstream projects.

Responsibilities

 * Develop and maintain upstream k0s related projects under the CNCF umbrella
 * Design and implement
 * Integrating new features from the cloud native technologies landscape that compliment the Mirantis Kubernetes products
 * Following the latest developments in the container technology ecosystem and identifying matters that could impact the product roadmap
 * Act as a cloud native software and technologies subject matter expert and evangelist within the company and broader community, * Kubernetes
 * Golang
 * Linux
 * VMs (Lima, qemu, kvm, etc.)
 * GitHub Actions
 * k0s (https://k0sproject.io/)