griddable.io · 1 day ago
Software Engineering Architect - Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
15+ years expGriddable.io is seeking a highly seasoned and expert Software Engineering Architect to lead the design and scaling of one of the world's largest Kubernetes deployments. This role involves architecting a robust, secure, and highly reliable container platform that powers thousands of microservices and other services across diverse environments.
AnalyticsBig DataCloud Data ServicesData IntegrationInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead the architectural design and evolution of our large-scale, enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform to ensure it meets requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance
Define and implement platform tooling and APIs to optimize the SDLC for thousands of microservices, with a focus on application development and deployment pipelines
Architect solutions to handle massive, ever-increasing service and infrastructure scale, ensuring high availability and low latency across the deployment, paying close attention to performance tuning
Act as a subject matter expert and technical leader, guiding platform implementation teams and ensuring alignment with best practices in platform and software engineering
Define and evangelize resilient software design patterns and best practices for building, deploying, and managing thousands of microservices on the container platform
Partner closely with infrastructure, security, and application development teams to integrate platform components seamlessly and define clear interfaces for engineering efficiency
Design systems that are inherently resilient, self-healing, and easy to monitor and troubleshoot, driving down operational complexity for our application engineers
Qualification
Required
15+ years of progressive experience in hands-on software engineering and/or platform engineering, with a significant focus on building and scaling complex, high-volume distributed systems
Expert-level understanding of Kubernetes internals, architecture, networking, security, and operation at extreme scale
Proven experience in designing and scaling Kubernetes deployments supporting thousands of services
Deep proficiency in Golang (Go) for developing and extending infrastructure systems, APIs, and platform tooling (required for infrastructure development)
Extensive background in infrastructure development, including cloud environments, networking, storage, and infrastructure-as-code principles
Expert knowledge of microservices architecture, service mesh technologies, API design principles, and inter-service communication patterns
A strong track record of designing platforms that prioritize security, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and operational reliability for both the platform and the applications it hosts
Company
griddable.io
Griddable.io is a San Jose, CA based SaaS startup that closed Series A funding in 2017 from August Capital, Artiman Ventures, and Carsten Thoma, founding CEO of Hybris (acquired by SAP).
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$8MKey Investors
Artiman Ventures,August Capital
2019-01-28Acquired
2018-02-28Series A· $8M
Leadership Team
Burton Hipp
VP of Engineering/Founder
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