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Distributed Systems Engineer - Kubernetes 🔥


Upbound is the company behind Crossplane, the open source project which started the control plane revolution in the cloud native community. Upbound helps companies rise above the clouds with our Crossplane powered Universal Cloud Platform. With Upbound you get universal real-time visibility into all of your infrastructure environments, the same API centric approach Kubernetes pioneered for managing infrastructure and policies, and self service infrastructure capabilities.As a Distributed Systems Engineer at Upbound, you’ll primarily work on designing, developing and supporting features in the Crossplane open source project. You will join the Control Planes team as a Staff Distributed Systems Engineer where you will contribute to building out Crossplane in support of Upbound’s open source projects and products. You will also contribute to ensuring a healthy Crossplane community through PR reviews, issue triage and sharing your knowledge in the community Slack workspace. If you are excited to build the universal control plane for the cloud, please feel welcome and encouraged to apply, even if you do not meet 100% of the below description! In this role, you will be expected to... Be a contributor and reviewer to the open source Crossplane project, as well as Upbound’s open source projects. Take ownership and lead the development and adoption of features in high demand by Upbound’s customers and the Crossplane community. Communicate and collaborate on your plans through thoughtful and thorough design documents for new initiatives. Collaborate with Upbound customers and the open source community to foster a welcoming and supportive environment that users and contributors alike will love to be a part of. Work with community users and customers to support their adoption and success with Crossplane and Upbound, by digging in to troubleshoot and remediate issues in their deployments. Review and provide quality feedback on pull requests from other contributors to the project. We appreciate a keen eye for exceptional design, implementation, and craftsmanship. Author design documents, documentation, user guides, and blog posts to support and promote new features that you release. Promote Crossplane to increase user adoption of the project and its features at conferences, meetups and through other channels. You are a good fit if you have... Deep knowledge of Kubernetes You are actively involved or have contributed to the upstream Kubernetes community. Written and maintained code that interfaces with the Kubernetes API, such as operators, controllers, add-ons, etc. Managed production Kubernetes resources and deployments using tools and languages like Kubectl, Helm, and YAML. A passion for and track record of open source contribution You have contributed to and/or held leadership positions in other open source projects. A proven track record of technical leadership You have designed and implemented distributed systems in production while exercising deep knowledge of their principals, algorithms, and trade-offs. You have created design documents for the architecture of initiatives you put forward. You have architected and deployed highly scaled and reliable services, solutions, and infrastructure in multiple major cloud providers. You have consistently taken multiple projects through the full software lifecycle from early designs to production deployments. You have the ability to work closely with people in a wide variety of disciplines from a wide variety of backgrounds. Mastery and love for the Go language You have written multiple applications using Go and have a thorough understanding of its language features and idiomatic practices. The experience to thrive in a globally-remote startup environment You have the ability to convey your ideas and feedback, in writing, in a succinct and easily understandable manner. You have worked in a startup and distributed/remote team before, and understand the unique challenges of a startup environment. #LI-REMOTEWhile building amazing technology is important, Upbound has an intense commitment to building a great culture. With company values like Be Accountable, Demonstrate Craftsmanship, Champion the Customer, Collaborate Decisively, Care For Our Communities, Act as an Owner and Engage Vulnerability; you'll find yourself in a place where learning, growth, impact, and fun finally intersect. Similar to the open source community we serve, we look to each other to constantly iterate and improve on what we're building and you will be a key contributor in this effort. We encourage people of all backgrounds, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, or any other descriptors that make you uniquely you, to apply with enthusiasm and confidence.  Upbound is a place where you can be 100% comfortable being you.

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