Staff Solutions Architect - N.a. [remote]

Upbound

Toronto, Canada
On-site
Hands-on kubernetes expertise
Platform engineering or sre background
Cloud-native tooling (cncf, iac, gitops)
Own the technical success of our customers, driving end-to-end technical success from post-sales handoff through production adoption

Job Summary

  • Own the technical success of our customers, driving end-to-end technical success from post-sales handoff through production adoption.
  • Design and deliver Crossplane-based control plane architectures tailored to customer infrastructure and organizational context.
  • Represent customer technical needs internally to influence product roadmap and prioritization and identify expansion opportunities.

Matching Summary

Own the technical success of our customers, driving end-to-end technical success from post-sales handoff through production adoption.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Hands-on Kubernetes expertise
  • Platform engineering or SRE background
  • Cloud-native tooling (CNCF, IaC, GitOps)
  • Experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Strong programming skills (Go preferred)
  • Customer implementation success
  • Technical communication skills

Nice-to-have

  • Crossplane power user
  • Kubernetes community involvement
  • Startup experience
  • Coding agents familiarity

Key Requirements

  • Hands-on Kubernetes expertise
  • Platform engineering or SRE background
  • Cloud-native tooling
  • Experience across two major cloud providers
  • Strong programming skills (Go preferred)
  • Proven track record of leading customers
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Manage multiple customer engagements

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