Senior Staff Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Architect Kubernetes platforms with Go and AWS expertise at affirm, working remotely from within Canada. Shape reliable infrastructure for thousands of workloads.As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Compute Platform team, you will define technical vision for affirm’s Amazon EKS foundation. You will guide fleet automation, workload safety, and platform standards across 90+ production clusters. The work spans Terraform, Spacelift, ArgoCD, custom Kubernetes controllers, Karpenter, and OPA/Gatekeeper.Key Responsibilities:
Architect EKS fleet lifecycle, node provisioning, and shared componentsAutomate provisioning, upgrades, teardown, and GitOps delivery pipelinesOwn Karpenter, CoreDNS, VPC CNI, Kube-Proxy, and Metrics ServerEnforce workload safety standards and admission policiesBuild Kubernetes controllers, operators, and developer platform toolingRequirements:
10+ years professional software or infrastructure engineering experience6+ years operating production Kubernetes clusters at scaleDeep AWS EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, and Kubernetes expertiseExpert Go or Python controller and operator developmentAdvanced Terraform, Spacelift, and GitOps deployment experienceLead affirm’s Kubernetes platform strategy through AWS architecture, automation, workload reliability, policy enforcement, and technical mentorship.
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