165K–330K USD / year
Software Engineer, Cloud Platform
DevOpsHybrid — San Francisco, United States
Published on 2026-11-14
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About this role
Build and operate software that automates the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters running production AI workloads. You’ll develop APIs, controllers, and infrastructure automation to onboard providers, manage fleet upgrades, reduce configuration drift, and bring GPU capacity online reliably.
About the company
Baseten is an inference cloud that helps companies run and scale AI models in production with flexible infrastructure and developer tooling.
The team
Cloud Platform Engineering
Stack
GoKubernetesTerraformGitOpsFluxArgo CDLinux
What you'll do
- Build and operate services, APIs, and Kubernetes controllers for cluster lifecycle management
- Develop reusable Terraform modules and GitOps configuration for cloud and GPU providers
- Make infrastructure changes safer with validation, staged rollouts, and tested recovery paths
- Add observability to automation so teams can track progress, diagnose failures, and retry safely
- Partner with infrastructure and workload teams to define platform interfaces and deliver projects through adoption
What we're looking for
- Experience building and owning production infrastructure software or distributed systems
- Strong programming skills in Go or another systems or backend language, and ability to contribute to Go codebases
- Deep Kubernetes infrastructure experience, including controllers or operators, reconciliation, custom resources, and failure handling
- Practical experience with infrastructure as code and GitOps tools such as Terraform, Flux, or Argo CD
- Strong Linux, networking, and debugging fundamentals
- Ability to turn ambiguous operational problems into maintainable software and clearly communicate design tradeoffs
Nice to have
- Experience managing Kubernetes fleets across multiple clouds or GPU infrastructure providers
- Contributions to Kubernetes or infrastructure open source projects
- Experience with workflow orchestration or progressive delivery
Benefits
- Equity
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for U.S. employees and dependents
- Flexible paid time off and company-wide Winter Break
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
- Company-facilitated 401(k) for U.S. employees