Staff Engineer

Job description

## About Akuity With the move to the cloud, Kubernetes has become widely adopted by DevOps and Platform Engineering teams, but it has also added complexity. While scaling Kubernetes at Intuit, the Akuity founders started building Argo CD in order to streamline the adoption of Kubernetes. Argo CD helps developers own, understand and deploy their K8s deployments via GitOps. Today, Argo CD is the third most popular project in the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) and is used by 70% of companies who are using Kubernetes in production. The list of Argo CD users includes companies like Intuit, BlackRock, Tesla, Major League Baseball, Peloton, and many more. The team founded Akuity in 2021 to enable enterprises to ship software faster and more reliably with modern GitOps best practices. The Akuity Platform enables teams to manage the development and deployment across hundreds – if not thousands – of Kubernetes clusters from a single control plane. Trusted by top companies around the globe, the Akuity Platform provides the only end-to-end GitOps platform for the enterprises. Our mission is to simplify the software delivery process so that DevOps and Platform Engineering teams can move fast, and deploy code effortlessly without the fear of breaking things. ## The Role As a Staff Engineer at Akuity, you will play a key technical leadership role in building and continuously improving Akuity’s SaaS platform for our global developer community. You’ll work closely with engineers, designers, and product partners to solve complex developer and infrastructure challenges, while driving technical direction and architectural decisions. You’ll also mentor engineers, promote engineering best practices, and help shape the technical culture of the company. This is an exciting opportunity to have a broad impact on developer tools and the developer ecosystem globally. ## What You’ll Own - Design, build, test, and improve Akuity’s SaaS platform. You bring your expertise and commitment to excellence to build the best developer tools for our users, partners, and customers. - Develop in Go on the server-side. - Collaborate with designers and engineers to design, implement, and deliver features that remove the headaches of infrastructure operations for our users. - Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across complex, high-impact projects and initiatives. - Mentor engineers and help drive engineering best practices across the organization. - Make sure that as our SaaS Platform rapidly grows, it remains scalable and built with developer empathy. ## What We’re Looking For ### Required - 10+ years of development experience. - 4+ years of experience developing scalable web applications using Golang. - Has experience building Kubernetes controllers or operators at scale in AWS, GCP, Azure, or On-prem. - A passion for working on complex technical products, particularly in the realm of SaaS, IaaS, PaaS. - Deep knowledge of systems design, API design, and infrastructure. - Demonstrated experience leading the architecture and technical direction of complex, distributed systems. - Experienced with relational databases (Postgres/MySQL). - A genuine interest in designing a great end-to-end developer experience while using Akuity’s products. - Exceptional communication skills and a collaborative mindset with a passion for developer experience. - Proven ability to influence technical decisions across teams and work effectively in a highly collaborative environment. - A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. ### Strong Advantage - Experience with Argo CD, Kargo, or GitOps-based delivery workflows. - Familiarity with multi-region, multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments. - Experience with compliance-adjacent infrastructure (SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 28000:2022, HIPAA, or PCI DSS). - Background operating infrastructure for other platform or developer tooling companies. ## Our Stack - Kubernetes (EKS): multi-region, enterprise-grade clusters serving Argo CD and Kargo workloads. - AWS: primary cloud provider across all production and DR environments. - Argo CD & Kargo: GitOps delivery tools we build and run ourselves. - Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for observability. - Terraform and GitOps-driven infrastructure management. - Go (Golang): primary language for building and maintaining our internal platforms and services. ## What We Offer - Competitive compensation, commensurate with experience. - Equity participation in a well-funded, growing company. - Fully remote: work from anywhere within the EMEA/APAC regions, with some overlap with the US timezone. - Home office stipend and equipment budget. - Flexible time off and a culture that respects it. - Work directly with the engineers who built Argo CD and Kargo; you'll learn a lot here.