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Senior Software Engineer

at VMware

📍 USA-CA - Promontory B Hybrid 💰 $143K – $226K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $143K – $226K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 10+ years
Education Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience OR Master's Degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
Category Software Engineering

This role involves developing scalable Kubernetes-based systems, creating operators, optimizing clusters, and integrating automation tools in a hybrid cloud environment.

  • Develop platform features
  • Create Kubernetes operators
  • Optimize clusters
  • Integrate CI/CD pipelines
  • Troubleshoot issues

The position requires expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, cloud infrastructure, and automation tools, with a focus on performance, scalability, and open-source contributions.

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with 10+ years of experience in cloud-native environments, expert in Kubernetes, Go, and container orchestration, with a strong background in distributed systems and open-source contributions.

Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience OR Master's Degree with 10+ years of relevant experienceDeep understanding of Kubernetes conceptscomponentsand APIsExperience with container technologies and orchestration toolsStrong programming skills in GoExperience managing Kubernetes clusters
Contributions to open-source projectsExperience with Prometheus and GrafanaKnowledge of observability toolsExperience with automation tools for Kubernetes deployments
KubernetesGoTerraformAnsibleHelmPrometheusGrafana
KubernetesK8sGoGolangPythonJavaContainer TechnologiesDistributed SystemsTerraformAnsibleHelmMonitoringLoggingAlerting
KubernetesK8sGoGolangPythonJavaContainer TechnologiesDistributed SystemsTerraformAnsibleHelmMonitoringLoggingAlertingOpen-source contributionsCloud Infrastructure
problem-solvingtroubleshootingcommunicationcollaborationteamwork
Industry Technology/Cloud Computing
Job Function Develop and maintain Kubernetes solutions for cloud infrastructure
KubernetesK8sGoGolangPythonJavaContainer TechnologiesDistributed SystemsTerraformAnsibleHelmMonitoringLoggingAlertingOpen-source contributionsCloud Infrastructure

Less than 10 years of relevant experience, Lack of deep Kubernetes knowledge, No experience with container orchestration tools, No experience with open-source contributions

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