Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

Baseten is hiring a Software Engineer, Cloud Platform to own and improve the Kubernetes fleet running its production AI workloads. The role builds services, APIs, controllers, and automation to manage cluster lifecycles, reduce configuration drift, and safely bring GPU capacity online.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate services, APIs, and Kubernetes controllers that automate cluster lifecycle management
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and GitOps configuration that work across cloud and GPU infrastructure providers
• Make infrastructure changes safe through validation, staged rollouts, clear ownership boundaries, and tested recovery paths
• Build observability into automation so engineers can understand progress, diagnose failures, and retry operations safely
• Partner with infrastructure and workload teams to define platform interfaces, resolve operational pain points, and take projects from design through adoption

Requirements:

• Experience building and owning production infrastructure software or distributed systems
• Strong programming skills in Go or another systems or backend language, with the ability to contribute to a Go codebase
• Deep experience with Kubernetes infrastructure, including developing controllers or operators and understanding reconciliation, custom resources, and failure handling
• Practical experience with infrastructure as code and GitOps tools such as Terraform and Flux or Argo CD
• Strong Linux, networking, and debugging fundamentals, with sound judgment about reliability and the impact of production changes
• Ability to turn ambiguous operational problems into maintainable software and communicate design tradeoffs clearly
• Experience managing Kubernetes fleets across multiple clouds or GPU infrastructure providers
• Contributions to Kubernetes or infrastructure open source projects, or experience with workflow orchestration and progressive delivery