Principal Software Development Engineer (kubernetes, Aws)

Expedia Group

California, United States
$249,000.00 - $348,500.00 py
On-site
Kubernetes
AWS
Containerization
Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer specializing in Kubernetes and AWS to join their Runtime Team in California. The role focuses on creating innovative solutions for improving developer experience and operational efficiency within a cloud-based infrastructure

Job Summary

  • Lead the architecture, design, and build of a compute runtime platform based on Kubernetes for all engineering teams across Expedia.
  • Improve the developer control plane by designing and building the next generation of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows, and driving the strategy for an internal developer portal.
  • Serve as the final escalation point for complex, cross-cutting production incidents involving the underlying platform, from kernel-level issues to distributed system failures.

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Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer specializing in Kubernetes and AWS to join their Runtime Team in California. The role focuses on creating innovative solutions for improving developer experience and operational efficiency within a cloud-based infrastructure.

Salary

$249,000.00 - $348,500.00

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • containerization
  • Linux
  • cloud computing
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Terraform
  • Crossplane
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • GitOps workflows

Nice-to-have

  • service mesh integration
  • Istio
  • Linkerd
  • Backstage
  • stateless and stateful workloads
  • monitoring, alerting, and logging
  • security development principles
  • continuous integration tools
  • self-service technology platform capabilities

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in infrastructure automation, configuration management or container orchestration
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Python or Ruby
  • Experience with Kubernetes/EKS
  • Experience with Docker

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