# Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) at Clera

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $150k–$200k. Posted June 3, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $150k–$200k
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2026-06-03
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/4d91ab82-7f64-4e5b-83c6-f60f8c7d78b1/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/platform-engineer-kubernetes-clera-v9pm7m

## Requirements

- 2+ years of software development experience.
- Proficiency in Go and Kubernetes, with hands-on experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.
- Experience with ArgoCD and CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.
- Experience with containerization, networking, and cloud-native architectures.
- Self-directed, hungry to learn, and comfortable operating with autonomy.

## Description

### About the Role

Join an early-stage cloud-native startup building a next-generation platform that abstracts Kubernetes complexity while preserving its full power. As a Platform Engineer, you'll work closely with the founding team to design core platform features, GitOps workflows, and the infrastructure layer that makes multi-cluster management intuitive for developers. This is a high-impact, early-team opportunity where your contributions will directly shape the product and architecture.

### What You'll Do

- Build and extend core platform features using **Go**, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.

- Design and implement **GitOps workflows with ArgoCD** to streamline and automate continuous deployment.

- Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using **Terraform and Helm** to provision and manage clusters.

- Work on distributed storage solutions using **Ceph and WEKA** for high-performance, scalable storage.

- Create observability and monitoring systems with **Prometheus and Grafana** to surface cluster health and performance metrics.

- Build and optimize container networking with **Cilium** for network security and observability.

- Design and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.

- Build automation tooling to reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads.

- Contribute to open-source components and help establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member.

### What We're Looking For

**Required:**

- 2+ years of software development experience.

- Proficiency in **Go** and **Kubernetes**, with hands-on experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.

- Experience with **ArgoCD** and CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.

- Familiarity with cloud platforms (**AWS, GCP, Azure**) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.

- Experience with containerization, networking, and cloud-native architectures.

- Self-directed, hungry to learn, and comfortable operating with autonomy.

**Nice to Have:**

- Experience with distributed storage solutions such as **Ceph or WEKA**.

- Experience with **Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or Kubespray** for infrastructure provisioning and orchestration.

- Background with service mesh technologies (**Istio, Linkerd**) or CNI plugins.

- Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or open-source projects.

### Compensation & Benefits

- **Salary:** $150,000 – $200,000 USD annually

- Visa sponsorship available

### Location

This is an **on-site role based in San Francisco, CA**. Candidates must be willing and able to work in person in San Francisco.