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Arango · 19 hours ago

Senior Engineer (Golang/Kubernetes)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

Arango is a company focused on providing a trusted data foundation for the next wave of Enterprise AI with their graph-based Contextual AI. They are seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the development of the ArangoDB operator, ensuring robust lifecycle management and scaling capabilities for ArangoDB running on Kubernetes.

Big DataDatabaseEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceSoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of the ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator

Own core operator architecture and implement features for lifecycle management, scaling, backup, and replication

Ensure high availability, performance, and stability of ArangoDB on Kubernetes

Define best practices for running stateful systems on Kubernetes

Collaborate with engineering teams to align operator capabilities with enterprise and cloud requirements

Troubleshoot complex issues across Kubernetes and distributed systems

Qualification

KubernetesGoDistributed databasesCRDsOperatorsStorage managementOperational mindsetCommunicationLeadership skills

Required

Deep expertise in Kubernetes, CRDs and operators (deployments, custom resources like ArangoDeployment, ArangoBackup, ArangoLocalStorage, replication, etc.)

Strong experience in Go (the operator is written in Go) plus solid understanding of concurrency, storage, and distributed system concerns

Proven background in designing and managing production-grade distributed databases or stateful systems, including storage management and data replication. (e.g., persistent volumes, snapshot/backup, failover, cluster scaling)

Familiarity with storage concepts in Kubernetes: PersistentVolumes, PVCs, local storage, volume resizing, storage performance tuning

Operational mindset: ability to ensure stability, handle upgrades/migrations, observability/metrics, and manage cluster lifecycle through automation and best practices

Strong communication and leadership skills: able to drive technical discussions, review code, mentor contributors, write clear design documents and documentation for both internal and external users

U.S. citizenship is required

Preferred

Active security clearance is preferred

Benefits

Competitive compensation plan

Uncapped variable earnings

Meaningful career growth opportunities

Company

Arango

Arango provides a trusted data foundation for Contextual AI — transforming enterprise data into a System of Context that truly represents the business, so LLMs can deliver better outcomes with unlimited scale and cost efficiency.

Founded in 2014