Product Software Engineer (mid/senior) - Kubermatic Dev Platform

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build and refine KDP features with a focus on user value and technical excellence
• ▹Break down implementations into iterative deliverables and determine optimal rollout strategies
• ▹Develop scalable services and Kubernetes Operators in Go
• ▹Own features end-to-end, from discovery through delivery, including direct engagement with users
• ▹Stay current with customer challenges and emerging trends in platform engineering
• ▹Contribute patches to upstream projects such as kcp.io
• ▹Extend the MCP server for KDP and integrate with leading AI tools
• ▹Participate in the on-call rotation

Requirements

• ▹3+ years of professional experience with Go and 1+ year with Kubernetes controllers and operators
• ▹Strong proficiency in distributed systems, container technologies, Kubernetes, the cloud-native ecosystem and AWS (or GCP)
• ▹Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Management and cross-functional stakeholders
• ▹Excellent communication skills, pragmatic problem-solving, genuine curiosity about customer challenges and empathy for KDP users

Nice to have

• ▹Experience building internal developer platforms or infrastructure-as-code solutions using Operators
• ▹Familiarity with feature flags and progressive delivery practices

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Competitive salary
• ▹B2B contracts available, paid time off annually plus local bank holidays
• ▹Remote-first: work from anywhere in Europe (CET +/- 4h)
• ▹Dynamic yet laid-back team environment, regular hackathons and company offsites
• ▹Development tools of your choice
• ▹Full support for training and certifications (CKA, Linux Foundation, etc.) and conference attendance
• ▹Speaker support if you want to present at events
• ▹Active community involvement: meetups and the ContainerDays conference

About the company

Kubermatic is a Hamburg-based software delivery startup founded in 2016, building its tools on Kubernetes and cloud-native solutions. It maintains the CNCF Sandbox project kcp and is among the leading European corporate contributors to Kubernetes.