Backend Engineering Lead (Go, Kubernetes)

Job Summary What You'll Do

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of Portworxs Kubernetes-native backup and restore solution, serving as a technical anchor for the team.
• Design and build cloud-native services that operate reliably at scale, with a strong emphasis on performance, quality, and efficiency in both design and implementation.
• Deeply leverage Kubernetes constructs (operators, CRDs, controllers, CSI) to build robust, production-grade data protection capabilities.
• Ensure security, resilience, stability, and high availability are first-class considerations in every design and implementation decision.
• Design and develop robust, well-defined APIs that integrate seamlessly with the frontend and Web UI.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical direction for the product, mentor engineers, and set the bar for engineering quality through design reviews and code reviews.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex features - from design documents through implementation, testing at scale, and production readiness.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of proven development experience in Enterprise grade products for private or public cloud offerings (e.g., vSphere, OpenShift bare metal, or AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience with enterprise systems products in network or storage domain
• Experience in building distributed systems with strong concepts on consensus, cluster membership, scalability, resilience
• Expertise in Golang programming or C++
• Expertise in building scalable systems for Kubernetes
• Expertise in-depth knowledge of container and microservices architecture
• Demonstrated experience in designing scalable gRPC/REST based backends
• Demonstrated mentorship in individual leadership in solving ambiguous technical problems
• Demonstrated ability to perform deep troubleshooting of problems involving Kubernetes, storage vendors, performance and OS in user and kernel space
• Understanding of Cloud delivery models like SaaS/PaaS/IaaS

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