Staff Platform Engineer | Service Mesh

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are hiring a Staff Platform Engineer in our Platform Engineering team in Brazil! This is a Remote – Brazil position, meaning you can work from anywhere within the country. Please note that this role is only open to candidates in Brazil.

The mission is to help us build a global, secure, recoverable, and cost-efficient infrastructure that enables engineering teams to scale our product autonomously.

Platform Engineering builds tooling and automation to eliminate operational processes or drive them to as near zero as possible. We want to enable the most reliable, real-time logistics platform possible. We want the Wellhub technology stack to be completely autonomous but resilient and reliable.

We are continuously evaluating infrastructure-related operational processes, looking for opportunities to make it as frictionless as possible, and delivering intuitive and reliable tools for other teams to use in their daily activities. We strive to positively impact a large number of engineers in our organization throughout our deliveries.

You will have contact with the most popular and modern technologies in the cloud native industry such as Kubernetes, Crossplane, Kafka, AWS, Github Actions, ArgoCD, Hashicorp Vault, Istio, Prometheus, and Grafana. You will also be able to code in Golang, Ruby, or Python to build and maintain our products and tools.

YOUR IMPACT

• Help to build a global, secure, scalable, and cost-effective Cloud platform using Kubernetes in AWS.
• Develop and evolve Kubernetes operators and other cloud-native automation in Kubernetes.
• Build products and tools enabling engineering teams to create and maintain their cloud resources autonomously.
• Build from zero to hero the Istio Service Mesh multi-cluster global platform
• Improve observability, reliability, and cost awareness.
• Support engineering teams in the products and tools adoption.
• Participate in the definition of standards, RFCs (Request for Comments), guidelines, and best practices.
• Live the mission: inspire and empower others by genuinely caring for your own wellbeing and your colleagues. Bring wellbeing to the forefront of work, and create a supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable taking care of themselves, taking time off, and finding work-life balance.

WHO YOU ARE

• Proven technical experience with AWS cloud services, Kubernetes, and software engineering.
• Proven technical experience with Istio Service Mesh
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and its ecosystem
• Solid knowledge of observability systems
• Experience with operator-managed Infrastructure as Code, preferably Crossplane or Kubernetes Operators.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and proven experience in identifying solutions for complex problems.
• Collaboration and learning-driven mindset;
• CNCF Kubernetes Certifications (e.g. CKA, CKS, or CKAD);
• Excellent communication skills in both English and Portuguese, both verbally and in writing

We recognize that individuals approach job applications differently. We strongly encourage all aspiring applicants to go for it, even if they don't match the job description 100%. We welcome your application and will be delighted to explore if you could be a great fit for our team. For this specific role, please note that prior experience in AWS, Kubernetes and Software Engineering are mandatory requirements.