Software Engineer - Container Fabric

New Relic•Portland, OR

1d•$126,000 - $158,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join New Relic’s Container Fabric (CF) team and play a pivotal role in shaping our global internal platform. You will work at the very heart of our infrastructure, building resilient, scalable systems that empower engineering teams across the entire business. If you thrive on solving complex, large-scale challenges and enjoy the tangible impact of high-availability platform orchestration, this is your chance to elevate your technical reach. You will be given the autonomy to drive platform evolution, work with state-of-the-art cloud-native tools, and push the boundaries of modern infrastructure.

Requirements

A background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering managing production environments.
Deep working knowledge of K8s primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and hands-on experience building custom Kubernetes Operators.
Strong skills in Go for systems programming and infrastructure automation.
Proven experience managing production stability, monitoring, and resolving high-severity incidents.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud-native auto-scaling technologies such as Karpenter or Cluster API.
Practical familiarity with Helm and GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux to manage continuous deployment workflows.

Responsibilities

Oversee and enhance a massive Kubernetes infrastructure platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability.
Evolve internal tooling to eliminate manual overhead and streamline platform delivery across global teams.
Manage Day 1 and Day 2 operations for Kubernetes clusters using modern scaling frameworks.
Partner with a supportive engineering team to manage production environments and lead high-severity incident responses calmly and efficiently.