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Principal Platform Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Sep 09, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To design, build, and operate distributed systems for a multi-tenant AI inference platform, the full-time Principal Platform Engineer will manage control-plane services, orchestration systems, and fleet-management infrastructure, with options for hybrid or remote work.

Key responsibilities
  • Own distributed control-plane systems managing tenant clusters and inference workloads across multiple data centers
  • Build and operate multi-tenant Kubernetes at bare-metal scale, including automated server provisioning and lifecycle management
  • Develop platform APIs and state-management services that integrate provisioning, orchestration, and scheduling functionalities
Required qualifications
  • BS in Computer Science or a related STEM field, with 5+ years of relevant experience or 7+ years of equivalent professional experience
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and experience in building control planes and orchestration systems
  • Deep experience with Kubernetes, including controllers, operators, and custom resources
  • Proficiency in Go and/or Python, with hands-on experience in writing automation and API integrations
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and CI/CD for platform services

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