Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)
Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)
Base salary $180K to $210K
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
- Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About the Role
Join an early-stage cloud infrastructure team building tools that simplify production Kubernetes and multi-cluster operations, including demanding AI workloads. You will help shape the platform and its architecture while making complex infrastructure easier for developers to operate.
What You'll Do
Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
Work with distributed storage technologies such as Ceph and WEKA for scalable, high-performance storage.
Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
Build and optimize container networking with Cilium for security and observability.
Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
Automate recurring infrastructure tasks and reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads.
What We're Looking For
At least 2 years of software development experience; approximately 5 years is preferred.
Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production Kubernetes clusters at meaningful scale.
Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, and designing federated, multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.
Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, Helm, or comparable tools.
Familiarity with container networking, CNI plugins, or service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd.
Experience with cloud platforms and managed Kubernetes, automation, and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
Experience with GPUs, bare-metal infrastructure, or open-source cloud-native projects is valuable.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $180,000 to $210,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
Full-time, on-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($180,000) is above 51% of the 4,313 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 176 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,100; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $203,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingPlatform Engineer (Kubernetes)$180K to $210K
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer$180K to $250K
Head of Engineering$180K to $220K
Founding Applied AI Engineer$180K to $230K
QA Engineer$180K to $200K
Forward Deployed Engineer$180K to $220K
Founding Engineer$180K to $250K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) (this listing) | $180K - $210K |
| Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | $180K - $250K |
| Head of Engineering | $180K - $220K |
| Founding Applied AI Engineer | $180K - $230K |
| QA Engineer | $180K - $200K |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $180K - $220K |
| Founding Engineer | $180K - $250K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-31
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
Base salary: $180,000 to $210,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
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