✦ Luna Orbit — Cloud & Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer - Database Platform

at New Relic

📍 Portland, Oregon, USA Remote Posted March 26, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 4+ years
Education BS/MS in Computer Science or relevant field
Category Cloud & Infrastructure

About this role

Build and operate a scalable, reliable database platform using Kubernetes and cloud technologies, focusing on automation, high availability, and performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop Kubernetes controllers
  • Automate database management
  • Optimize database infrastructure
  • Ensure high availability
  • Collaborate on cloud platform deployment

Technical Overview

Involves developing Kubernetes controllers in Go, managing cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with expertise in Linux and automation frameworks like Terraform.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior cloud engineer with at least 4 years of experience in building and managing scalable infrastructure using Kubernetes, Go, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, with strong automation skills.

Must-Have Skills

4+ years building and running infrastructureExperience with Kubernetes controllersDeep hands-on Kubernetes expertiseExperience with cloud platforms (AWSAzureGCP)Software development in GoLinux OS knowledgeAutomation frameworks (Terraform)

Nice-to-Have Skills

Database managementHigh availabilityPerformance tuningSecurity best practicesExperience with cloud managed database services

Tools & Platforms

KubernetesGoAWSAzureGoogle CloudTerraformLinux

Required Skills

KubernetesGocloud platformsAWSAzureGoogle CloudTerraformLinuxdatabase managementautomation

Hard Skills

KubernetesGocloud platformsAWSAzureGoogle CloudTerraformLinuxcontainersdatabase infrastructuredatabase managementautomationscalabilityperformance tuning

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationteamworkanalytical thinking

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Building and maintaining scalable cloud-based database infrastructure
Role Subtype Cloud Engineer
Tech Domains Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft 365, Terraform, Linux

Keywords for Your Resume

KubernetesGocloud platformsAWSAzureGoogle CloudTerraformLinuxdatabase managementautomationscalabilityperformance tuningcloud infrastructuredatabase infrastructurecontainer orchestrationDevOpskubernetesgoawsazuregcpterraformlinux

Deal Breakers

Less than 4 years experience in infrastructure, No Kubernetes or Go experience, Lack of cloud platform knowledge, No experience with automation tools like Terraform

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