Upbound is the company behind open source Crossplane - the modern, cloud-native alternative to Infrastructure as Code. Crossplane was the first open source project to recognize Kubernetes for its control plane, and not as a container orchestrator, and has been leading the effort to democratize control plane technology in the cloud-native community. Our mission is to enable a new era of infrastructure management that is automated, efficient, reliable and empowers application teams to self-service any resource they need and deliver software faster.

We are building solutions that accelerate development velocity and innovation at global enterprises, with a control plane-centric approach. Upbound Universal Crossplane (UXP) enables platform teams to create their own opinionated platform declaratively without having to write any code and offer it to their developers as a self-service Kubernetes-style API. 

Upbound’s product offerings are available via a subscription model that currently has two tiers. The first is a free tier catering to individuals getting started with control planes and who need tooling to debug and share their Crossplane providers and configurations. It includes full access to Universal Crossplane (UXP), the ability to publish public listings in Upbound Registry, and limited access to Upbound Cloud. Upbound’s enterprise tier unlocks additional value across the product portfolio. Platform teams can manage unlimited control planes in Upbound Cloud, create unlimited private listings in Upbound Registry, and get access to 24/7 support, prioritized bug fixes, implementation services, onboarding and training.

Any organization looking to simplify and accelerate cloud native operations and empower their developers, should try Upbound.

Upbound was founded in 2017 and is a remote-first company. The company is backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Telstra Ventures.

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Full-stack Engineer

• Design, develop, and refine tools for developer experience
• Build, test, and deploy developer tools
• Collaborate with Product Team and Open Source Community
• Address challenges faced by Platform Engineers
• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices
• Continuous exploration of new technologies, tools, and practices

Senior Software Engineer (Developer Tools)

• Upbound is the company behind Crossplane, the open source project which started the control plane revolution in the cloud native community. Upbound helps companies rise above the clouds with our Crossplane powered Universal Cloud Platform. With Upbound you get universal real-time visibility into all of your infrastructure environments, the same API centric approach Kubernetes pioneered for managing infrastructure and policies, and self service infrastructure capabilities.
• As a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Developer Tools, you will be a crucial part of Upbound's Engineering and building a world class developer experience for Upbound Products and our Crossplane Control Plane Technology. Your primary goal will be to design, develop, and refine tools that will revolutionize the developer experience for Platform Engineers that build and operate control planes powered by Crossplane. You’ll be collaborating closely with our Product Team and the Open Source Community and be on the front lines of creating the tools and platforms that our developers love and rely on a daily basis.
• In this role you will:
	- Build, test, and deploy developer tools that integrate seamlessly with Upbound products and Crossplane Control Plane Framework
	- Work closely with the Developer Tools Product Manager to understand user requirements and deliver tools that align with the product and technology vision
	- Continuously explore new technologies, tools, and practices to improve the development experience and product offerings
	- Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance, feedback, and sharing best practices
	- Interact with our open-source community, understanding their needs, and ensuring our tools are addressing the most pressing challenges

Product Manager

• Own the developer tooling vision for Upbound while also driving Crossplane adoption
• Manage roadmaps and product deliveries
• Improve the developer experience for open source and commercial open core products
• Align roadmaps and plans with the broader Upbound product team

Staff Product Manager, Developer Tools

• Building Upbound's flagship SaaS offering, Upbound Cloud
• Scaling Upbound to reliably support thousands of control planes
• Adding enterprise features like single sign-on, Git integration, audit logs, disaster recovery, and much more
• Writing and maintaining Go code that interfaces with the Kubernetes API, such as operators, controllers, add-ons, etc.
• Deploying and managing Kubernetes services
• Participating in on-call to support Upbound Cloud
• Communicating through thoughtful and thorough design documents for new initiatives

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