[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Stacklok

Role Description

Enterprises are moving AI agents into production, and they want to run them the way they run everything else: on their own Kubernetes clusters, behind their firewall, and connected to the identity systems they already use. Stacklok Enterprise, our commercial platform for running and governing AI agents, is built for that, by a team whose founders co-created Kubernetes.

As a Senior Engineer on the core platform team, you will:

• Design and build major parts of the platform and own them from design through production.
• Shape how the product holds up in the field through design tradeoffs.
• Mentor the engineers building alongside you.
• Work with customers as design partners on our newest features and products.

What Success Looks Like: First 6-12 Months

• Designed and shipped a complete subsystem end to end that is now running in production for enterprise customers.
• Helped take one or more customers from proof-of-concept to production on their own Kubernetes, and turned their feedback into a platform feature.
• Raised the team's bar by mentoring engineers and strengthening the product engineering culture.
• Improved how the team ships changes to customers, including where AI-assisted workflows helped and where they created rework.
• Became the owner and go-to decision maker for one or more platform areas, with the team routing design questions your way.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Go, with a proven track record designing and shipping complete production-grade distributed systems as part of a commercial software product.
• Hands-on experience deploying and running applications on Kubernetes in production, ideally across different customer cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers, driving code review, and raising the quality of a team's work.
• Experience working directly with customers to onboard them and to debug the product, from diagnosing issues in their environments to driving fixes back into the codebase.
• AI-first mindset, with experience integrating AI tools into development practices and turning AI-assisted workflows into repeatable velocity gains for the team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex technical ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Startup mentality and intrinsic motivation, including a self-directed, hands-on approach and the ability to thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Requirements

• Location: This is a remote role based in North America, with a strong preference for candidates located in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible PTO and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible, hybrid-or-remote work environment.
• Team offsites in unique destinations to collaborate and connect in person.

Company Description

At Stacklok, we believe great technology is built by teams that support, challenge, and inspire one another. We are AI maximalists, confident in its potential and committed to ensuring it is used in ways that are safe and sustainable.

You will join a highly motivated, collaborative team with deep experience building some of the world's most impactful technologies, with strong roots in open source, cloud-native technologies, security, and developer tools.

Stacklok Inc, is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.