Senior Cloud Software Engineer – Managed Kubernetes

Senior Cloud Software Engineer – Managed Kubernetes

Leaseweb is currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Container Services team. The Container Services Team delivers our Managed Kubernetes service to our customers.

The Product Engineering Department 

Our department of approximately 90 engineers is working in small scrum teams. Each team has end to end responsibility for a specific product or part of our architecture. We work on a remote-first basis, coming together in person at our Amsterdam headquarters twice a year.

Our organizational structure is flat, placing a high value on independence and entrepreneurship. The atmosphere is informal and relaxed, creating a highly motivating work environment in which you will work with some of the most inspiring colleagues in the industry.

The Container service team

The Container Service Team is responsible to develop and maintain Leaseweb Managed Kubernetes. This service allows Leaseweb’s customers to deploy, manage & update their own Kubernetes Cluster, while simplifying the management of these clusters.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team formed of experienced professionals (software engineers, system engineers, scrum master, product owner and product management) that strive to make our product better.

What is the role about?

In your role as a Senior Cloud Software Engineer in the Container Services team you are responsible for designing, developing and maintaining a platform that automates the delivery and management of Kubernetes Cluster for our customers. Your main activity will be working together with the team to design, implement and maintain the components that powers our product.

Key responsibilities

• Explore & Analyze Kubernetes components needed to meet the requirements of our product.
• Contribute to the development of custom Kubernetes controllers & operators in GoLang to automate the management of our customer’s cluster.
• Maintain and keep our controllers and components up-to-date and up-to-standard.
• Investigate, Reproduce, Debug and fix issues on our product.
• Collaborate on open-source Kubernetes components & operators that we use as part of the product.
• Regular on-call duty (EOD–Engineer on Duty).

Who are you?

You love working in a team setting. You enjoy building new solutions using the latest technologies.  You believe that continuous improvement also applies to yourself and have the desire to grow. You are not afraid to experiment but at the same time keep in mind observability, scalability, stability and reliability.  

• Have proven and demonstrable knowledge of programming languages, (e.g. GoLang).
• Experience with developing & implementing Kubernetes components (e.g. Operators, Controllers, Custom Resource Definition CRD, Cluster API)
• Experience with Docker, docker-compose, Kubernetes manifest or Helm charts.
• Experience with Kubernetes and related projects.
• In depth knowledge of cloud related concepts, such as Linux namespaces, networking, and virtualization.
• Able to collaborate with colleagues, perform code review.
• Able to work in a development team using common scrum practices.
• Has business level English, and good communication skills.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Large Kubernetes deployments (measured by number of nodes) and the different tools available in the CNCF landscape.
• Experience with Continuous deployment (e.g. Jenkins, ArgoCD)
• Relevant experience with monitoring / observability tools (e.g. Icinga, Prometheus, AlertManager, Loki, Grafana).
• Demonstrable knowledge of Linux and operating system internals.
• Experience with automation tools such as (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform).
• Previous contributions to open source.

Benefits include

• Participation in annual company bonus scheme and company pension
• Internet allowance and travel allowance
• Working from home policy  
• Lease bike plan
• 25 days of paid time off (and the option to buy or sell up to 5 more days) 
• Free lunch, parking, and fresh fruit provided when in the office 
• Attractive relocation packages and an agency that takes care of the entire visa process
• Access to the Leaseweb Academy, a personalized learning platform offering a variety of studies, (Dutch) courses, and trainings 
• Fun events year-round – from virtual pub quizzes to summer parties, company runs, quarterly hackathons and much more 
• Monthly after work drinks
• A multicultural work environment (our colleagues are from over 60 countries!) in a company where you can truly make a difference  

Ready for the next step?  

If you’d like to apply, please do so online. To learn more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram to get an inside look at life at Leaseweb. For questions, please reach out to Merve Bulazar, Talent Acquisition Lead, at: m.bulazar@global.leaseweb.com.  

We directly source all candidates – any unsolicited profiles received from recruitment agencies will be treated as direct applications. 

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Last updated on Aug 21, 2024