Software Engineer, Compute (8+ YOE) at Airtable — Remote North America

Build and evolve Airtable’s compute platform

Design, implement, and scale core Kubernetes platform capabilities used across ~70 clusters, spread across multiple environments.

Lead foundational modernization efforts such as migrating to a new CNI plugin to overhaul IP security rule management across clusters and regions

Rewrite our core deployment service from Typescript to Golang and adopt performant Kubernetes operator patterns to eliminate scaling bottlenecks on our larger clusters

Raise the bar on platform maturity

Improve developer experience around new service creation, deployment workflows, and operational best practices

Partner with Security to implement governance controls, least privilege access, image signing, and enterprise-grade infrastructure safeguards

Define and uphold operational excellence standards across the platform by defining good SLOs, measuring and upholding them

Lead through technical influence

Spend roughly 70% of your time in hands-on engineering and 30% in design reviews, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration

Review architecture proposals and guide high-impact infrastructure decisions

Mentor engineers on distributed systems and Kubernetes platform design

Collaborate closely with developers building and deploying services across Airtable

8+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise building and operating a Kubernetes based internal service platform,

Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, including controllers/operators, CRDs, networking, and cluster architecture

Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar

Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling such as Spinnaker, ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins, or similar

Clear, thoughtful communicator who collaborates effectively across many engineering teams

Compensation awarded to successful candidates will vary based on their work location, relevant skills, and experience.

Our total compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive benefits, restricted stock units, and may include incentive compensation. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit offerings, please check out Life at Airtable.

Software Engineer, Compute (8+ YOE)

Build and evolve Airtable’s compute platform

Raise the bar on platform maturity

Lead through technical influence

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