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Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
IT - Software
Washington Dc Brm, DC (On/Off-Site)
Role: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Washington, D.C or New York
Clearance: Secret or higher
Salary: $150k-$250k + Equity
The Role
Substrate is the team responsible for my client’s core production infrastructure — 100s of Kubernetes (K8s) clusters — spanning on-premises deployments and major cloud hyperscalers. These environments range from internet-connected to air-gapped, and from small hardware footprints to large-scale deployments. As a Senior Software Engineer on Substrate, you will design and build my client’s managed Kubernetes product offerings across all these environments.
You and your team will be responsible for bootstrapping and operating the entire fleet of K8s clusters with zero manual steps by building industry-leading tooling and contributing to core CNCF components. You will also ensure scale, stability, and security across a matrix of compliance regimes and hosting infrastructure types. The team culture emphasizes engineering rigor and operational excellence at scale. This means pre-empting production issues, performing deep root-cause analysis, and making key investments in automation and self-healing systems.
If you’re excited about infrastructure at scale and working with Kubernetes, this is the right role for you.
Core Responsibilities
Deliver a container runtime to challenging new environment types – new clouds, on-premises, edge devices.
Build automation and establish standards for operating K8s securely at scale with zero manual operational overhead.
Drive innovation through the adoption of novel K8s features and CNCF tools, making upstream contributions as needed.
Design the next generation of my client’s infrastructure through a deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards.
What We Value
Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in Go, C/C++, or equivalent.
Working knowledge or hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or K8s Operators, and competent coding in Go, Java, or equivalent for automation or scripting purposes.
Deep familiarity with hardware and OS configurations, diagnostic tooling, and networking fundamentals.
Strong experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) at scale.
Experience working with a cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCE), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers.
Expertise in designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems.
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals; experience with CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure is preferred.
What We Require
4+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure, with an emphasis on operational excellence.
2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
Secret clearance or higher
Location: Washington, D.C or New York
Clearance: Secret or higher
Salary: $150k-$250k + Equity
The Role
Substrate is the team responsible for my client’s core production infrastructure — 100s of Kubernetes (K8s) clusters — spanning on-premises deployments and major cloud hyperscalers. These environments range from internet-connected to air-gapped, and from small hardware footprints to large-scale deployments. As a Senior Software Engineer on Substrate, you will design and build my client’s managed Kubernetes product offerings across all these environments.
You and your team will be responsible for bootstrapping and operating the entire fleet of K8s clusters with zero manual steps by building industry-leading tooling and contributing to core CNCF components. You will also ensure scale, stability, and security across a matrix of compliance regimes and hosting infrastructure types. The team culture emphasizes engineering rigor and operational excellence at scale. This means pre-empting production issues, performing deep root-cause analysis, and making key investments in automation and self-healing systems.
If you’re excited about infrastructure at scale and working with Kubernetes, this is the right role for you.
Core Responsibilities
Deliver a container runtime to challenging new environment types – new clouds, on-premises, edge devices.
Build automation and establish standards for operating K8s securely at scale with zero manual operational overhead.
Drive innovation through the adoption of novel K8s features and CNCF tools, making upstream contributions as needed.
Design the next generation of my client’s infrastructure through a deep understanding of internal systems and CNCF standards.
What We Value
Systems programming experience with strong proficiency in Go, C/C++, or equivalent.
Working knowledge or hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or K8s Operators, and competent coding in Go, Java, or equivalent for automation or scripting purposes.
Deep familiarity with hardware and OS configurations, diagnostic tooling, and networking fundamentals.
Strong experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) at scale.
Experience working with a cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCE), or sysadmin/SRE experience in data centers.
Expertise in designing, building, and operating high-scale observability or infrastructure systems.
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals; experience with CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure is preferred.
What We Require
4+ years of professional software development experience on core infrastructure, with an emphasis on operational excellence.
2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
Secret clearance or higher
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