Senior/Staff Engineer

REALM
RemoteFull-time$210,000–$210,000Posted Sep 16, 2026

About the role

Realm is recruiting for a Unicorn ($1b+ valuation) CNCF company who are building cutting-edge products in the Cloud & AI Infra space.

We’re looking for a Senior/Staff Engineer to play a key role in developing a high-scale Kubernetes SaaS platform. This role requires experience with Go & Kubernetes custom resources.

In this role, you’ll:

Design and build scalable infrastructure solutions with developer empathy in mind.

Develop in Go, contributing to backend services and infrastructure automation.

Collaborate with top engineers to create seamless experiences for Kubernetes users.

Mentor and shape best practices in a rapidly growing engineering team.

Interview process: 4 stages

Compensation: Up to $210k + equity

Location: Remote (US & Canada)

We’d love to chat if you have 6+ years of experience, strong Go development skills, and expertise in Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and system design. This is a unique opportunity to work on impactful open-source technology while pushing the boundaries of Kubernetes automation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable infrastructure solutions with developer empathy in mind.
  • Develop in Go, contributing to backend services and infrastructure automation.
  • Collaborate with top engineers to create seamless experiences for Kubernetes users.
  • Mentor and shape best practices in a rapidly growing engineering team.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Strong Go development skills.
  • Expertise in Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and system design.

Benefits

  • Equity options.

Skills mentioned

GoKubernetesSystem DesignDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCloud ComputingAWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureInfrastructure as Code

About REALM

REALM is a hyper-specialised search firm built for the companies redefining cloud, compute and decentralised infrastructure. We are embedded in the ecosystems we recruit into with deep technical fluency across Cloud & Compute (CNCF, Neocloud, Hyperscalers, GPU and AI infrastructure) and Blockchain (DeFi, Web3, crypto infrastructure). From GPU cluster engineers and SREs running production AI infrastructure, to protocol engineers building the rails of on-chain finance. 40+ countries. 750+ critical hires. Trusted by the teams building the frontier.

Staffing and Recruiting11-50 employeesLondon, England