Staff Solutions Architect - N.a. [remote]

Upbound

San Francisco, United States
On-site
Hands-on kubernetes expertise
Platform engineering or sre background
Cloud-native tooling (cncf, iac, gitops, ci/cd)
Own the technical success of customers, driving initial implementation through production adoption to ensure they achieve real business value with Crossplane and the Upbound platform

Job Summary

  • Own the technical success of customers, driving initial implementation through production adoption to ensure they achieve real business value with Crossplane and the Upbound platform.
  • Lead technical discovery, design and deliver Crossplane-based control plane architectures, and build reference platforms to codify best practices.
  • Represent customer technical needs internally to influence product roadmap and partner with pre-sales SEs for informed handoffs.

Matching Summary

Own the technical success of customers, driving initial implementation through production adoption to ensure they achieve real business value with Crossplane and the Upbound platform.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Hands-on Kubernetes expertise
  • Platform engineering or SRE background
  • Cloud-native tooling (CNCF, IaC, GitOps, CI/CD)
  • Experience across major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Strong programming skills (Go preferred)

Nice-to-have

  • Crossplane contributions
  • Active Kubernetes community involvement
  • Startup experience
  • Coding agents experience

Key Requirements

  • Production deployment and management of Kubernetes
  • Experience building or operating an Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
  • Experience across at least two major cloud providers
  • Proven track record of leading complex technical implementations
  • Able to manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously

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