Stacklok

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Kubernetes

Remote: North America - East · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$189k-$231kDetected 14 days ago

Cloud PlatformsKubernetesHelmPrometheusGrafanaDatadogPlatform EngineeringAgentic AICommunicationMentoring

About the role

When unlocking value means changing how the product deploys to Kubernetes, that work comes back to the platform itself.
Kubernetes expertise is what unlocks value fast, and demand for this work is outpacing our capacity.
The role offers a front-row seat to how leading enterprises put AI into production, and real influence over what gets built next.

Responsibilities

Took one or more Design Partners from proof-of-concept to a working production deployment of Stacklok's Enterprise platform.
Drive forward-deployed engagements end to end, from scoping each customer's technical goals and designing the deployment approach to taking POCs to a working state and toward production.
Design and deliver changes to the platform and to how it deploys to Kubernetes, unblocking enterprise adoption and contributing those changes back to Stacklok Enterprise.
Own the technical calls within your domain, moving quickly on reversible decisions and pulling in the team anchor as scope and risk grow.
Partner with senior peers and bring field insight back through standup, planning, and design reviews to influence priorities and how engagements run.
Strong software engineering fundamentals: writes well-structured production code with sound design and testing judgment.
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.
If you're excited about the future of AI and want to build alongside people who care deeply about their craft, their community, and each other, we would love to hear from you.
At Stacklok, we believe great technology is built by teams that support, challenge, and inspire one another.

Requirements

Occasional travel may be required for customer visits, company offsites, conferences, or other business needs.

Nice to have

Solid grasp of observability across metrics, logs, and traces, and when each applies.
Familiarity with Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and platforms like Datadog or Grafana is a plus.
A track record of delivering production-grade systems, mentoring engineers, and contributing fixes upstream to the underlying platforms and tools.
Hands-on experience with MCP servers or AI agent tooling is a strong plus.

Skills

Desired Skill & Experience

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $189,000 - $231,000. In addition to base salary, this role offers equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
We offer competitive compensation and equity, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible PTO and paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a flexible, hybrid-or-remote work environment, plus team offsites in unique destinations to collaborate and connect in person.

Company info

For a platform engineer who wants that expertise to land directly with customers, this is the chance to do it at the frontier of enterprise AI.
Built trusted relationships across the team and with customers, and resolved a real customer blocker or shipped a first meaningful change.
Unblocked enterprise adoption by improving how the product deploys to Kubernetes, measurably cutting time-to-value for customers.
standing up custom proof-of-concepts for Design Partners and customers, extending the platform, coordinating the technical work, and keeping customer and team aligned as things move toward production.
Act as the technical SME for enterprise adoption, answering deep platform and Kubernetes questions and giving hands-on support to customers and Design Partners.

Equal opportunity

Stacklok Inc, is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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