# Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) at Clera

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $180k–$210k. Posted October 31, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $180k–$210k
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/5853fd4e-a0ad-490f-9c2e-b6bd5ca66da3/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/platform-engineer-kubernetes-clera-xgazgq

## Requirements

- At least 2 years of software development experience; approximately 5 years is preferred.
- Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production Kubernetes clusters at meaningful scale.
- Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, and designing federated, multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.
- Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, Helm, or comparable tools.
- Familiarity with container networking, CNI plugins, or service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd.
- Experience with cloud platforms and managed Kubernetes, automation, and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Experience with GPUs, bare-metal infrastructure, or open-source cloud-native projects is valuable.

## Description

### About the Role

Join an early-stage cloud infrastructure team building tools that simplify production Kubernetes and multi-cluster operations, including demanding AI workloads. You will help shape the platform and its architecture while making complex infrastructure easier for developers to operate.

### What You'll Do

- Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.

- Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.

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

- Work with distributed storage technologies such as Ceph and WEKA for scalable, high-performance storage.

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

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

- Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.

- Automate recurring infrastructure tasks and reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads.

### What We're Looking For

- At least 2 years of software development experience; approximately 5 years is preferred.

- Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production Kubernetes clusters at meaningful scale.

- Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, and designing federated, multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures.

- Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, Helm, or comparable tools.

- Familiarity with container networking, CNI plugins, or service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd.

- Experience with cloud platforms and managed Kubernetes, automation, and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

- Experience with GPUs, bare-metal infrastructure, or open-source cloud-native projects is valuable.

### Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $180,000 to $210,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

### Location

Full-time, on-site in San Francisco, California, United States.