Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Kubernetes
$189k - $231kFull-time
Stacklok
Role Description
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Stacklok, you sit where platform engineering meets AI, bringing deep Kubernetes expertise to help enterprises adopt Stacklok Enterprise and run AI agents securely on the infrastructure they already trust. This is hands-on, high-ownership work, and it is not only technical. Forward-deployed engagements run end to end through the role:
- Standing up custom proof-of-concepts for Design Partners and customers.
- Extending the platform and coordinating the technical work.
- Keeping customer and team aligned as things move toward production.
Kubernetes expertise is what unlocks value fast, and demand for this work is outpacing our capacity. The role offers a front-row seat to how leading enterprises put AI into production, and real influence over what gets built next.
Qualifications
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: writes well-structured production code with sound design and testing judgment.
- Deep Kubernetes expertise across cluster architecture, workload types, networking, storage, RBAC, and resource management.
- Strong operator and CRD literacy: reasons about control loops, CRD versioning, status, and finalizers.
- Solid grasp of observability across metrics, logs, and traces.
- Comfortable working directly with customers, including over-the-shoulder debugging.
- A track record of delivering production-grade systems and mentoring engineers.
- AI-first mindset: an active user of AI coding assistants.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Startup mentality and intrinsic motivation: self-directed and hands-on.
Requirements
- Helm authoring and GitOps via Flux or ArgoCD across managed Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with MCP servers or AI agent tooling is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and platforms like Datadog or Grafana is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible PTO and paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible, hybrid-or-remote work environment.
- Team offsites in unique destinations to collaborate and connect in person.
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