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Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Clera

Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)

Base salary $150K  to $200K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA

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  • LocationSan Francisco, CA
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

About the Role

Join an early-stage cloud-native startup building a next-generation platform that abstracts Kubernetes complexity while preserving its full power. As a Platform Engineer, you'll work closely with the founding team to design core platform features, GitOps workflows, and the infrastructure layer that makes multi-cluster management intuitive for developers. This is a high-impact, early-team opportunity where your contributions will directly shape the product and architecture.

What You'll Do

  • Build and extend core platform features using Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.

  • Design and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline and automate continuous deployment.

  • Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.

  • Work on distributed storage solutions using Ceph and WEKA for high-performance, scalable storage.

  • Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance metrics.

  • Build and optimize container networking with Cilium for network security and observability.

  • Design and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.

  • Build automation tooling to reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads.

  • Contribute to open-source components and help establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member.

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • 2+ years of software development experience.

  • Proficiency in Go and Kubernetes, with hands-on experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.

  • Experience with ArgoCD and CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.

  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.

  • Experience with containerization, networking, and cloud-native architectures.

  • Self-directed, hungry to learn, and comfortable operating with autonomy.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with distributed storage solutions such as Ceph or WEKA.

  • Experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or Kubespray for infrastructure provisioning and orchestration.

  • Background with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) or CNI plugins.

  • Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or open-source projects.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $150,000 – $200,000 USD annually

  • Visa sponsorship available

Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates must be willing and able to work in person in San Francisco.

Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)

This range next to 6 other live Clera roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Clera roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) (this listing)$150K - $200K
Software Engineer, Mid-Level$150K - $300K
Medical AI Researcher$150K - $230K
Founding Agentic Engineer$150K - $300K
Forward Deployed Operator$150K - $200K
Ex-Founder / Ex-CTO$150K - $250K
Product Engineer, Mid-Level$150K - $300K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Clera roles · How to read the bar

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2026-06-03
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- Salary: $150,000 – $200,000 USD annually

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