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Platform Engineer (Remote)

Lightning Labs· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer with DevOps mindset to improve the developer experience by managing the underlying cloud and cluster technologies of the internal platform, stateful backend services, observability, platform robustness and security, and by assisting dev teams with integrations.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the underlying cloud and cluster technologies that compose our internal platform
  • Manage stateful backend services such as databases and Bitcoin/LN nodes
  • Utilize, operate, and extend observability tools (logging/monitoring/tracing)
  • Improve robustness & security of our platform using enhancements like operators and overlay networks
  • Advise/assist dev teams with integrations, such as Helm charts, cloud resources, and the k8s lifecycle

Qualifications

  • Strong foundations in Linux, networking, security, cloud, and IaC
  • Managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production
  • Operating and extending observability tools (logging/metrics/tracing)
  • Experience in a systems programming language (Go, Python, Rust, etc)

Skills

Required:Linux fundamentalsNetworkingSecurityCloudInfrastructure as Code (IaC)KubernetesObservability toolingSystems programming language
Nice to have:GitOps / DevSecOps / service mesh
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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