Platform Engineer

You will bring a pragmatic DevOps mindset to help improve the developer experience at Lightning Labs. You'll manage cloud and cluster technologies, operate stateful backend services including databases and Bitcoin/Lightning Network nodes, use observability tooling, harden platform security, and partner with development teams on Helm charts, cloud resources, and the Kubernetes lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manage the underlying cloud and cluster technologies that compose the internal platform
• Manage stateful backend services such as databases and Bitcoin/LN nodes
• Utilize, operate, and extend observability tools including logging, monitoring, and tracing
• Improve platform robustness and security using operators and overlay networks
• Advise and assist development teams with Helm charts, cloud resources, and the Kubernetes lifecycle

Requirements

• Strong foundations in Linux, networking, security, cloud, and infrastructure as code
• Experience managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production
• Experience operating and extending observability tools
• Experience in a systems programming language such as Go, Python, or Rust
• Preferred: GitOps, DevSecOps, and service mesh experience
• Preferred: PostgreSQL and etcd database administration
• Preferred: knowledge of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network
• Preferred: familiarity contributing to open source projects