Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Build GitHub’s Kubernetes platform remotely from Canada, using software engineering and cloud-native systems expertise. Improve reliability, automation, and operational clarity.

As a Senior Software Engineer on Compute Platform, you will design and operate systems supporting GitHub production services. The distributed team maintains Hubbernetes and advances Azure Kubernetes Service adoption. Your work will span fleet reliability, capacity management, workload guardrails, developer experience, and platform operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and operate Kubernetes-based platforms for GitHub production services
• Improve reliability, scalability, and operability across the Kubernetes fleet
• Drive AKS migration, fleet management, and capacity initiatives
• Debug production issues across Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and observability
• Build automation and guardrails reducing toil and repeat incidents

Requirements:

• Six or more years delivering production software or equivalent experience
• Two or more years operating large-scale Kubernetes fleets
• Experience with cluster lifecycle, capacity management, or workload migration
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and written communication skills
• Azure Kubernetes Service experience is preferred

Bring Kubernetes operations, platform engineering, and production software expertise to GitHub’s distributed Compute Platform team in Canada.