Senior Principal Software Engineer

October 21

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Cloud Computing • SaaS • Enterprise

Upbound is a company that specializes in cloud native infrastructure management aimed at developers and platform teams. By leveraging Crossplane, a cloud native control plane framework, Upbound provides tools and services that simplify the management of cloud infrastructure resources through APIs. These solutions empower organizations to adopt self-service deployment strategies, enhance developer productivity, and ensure secure and compliant cloud operations. Upbound manages Crossplane operations, allowing platform teams to focus on building cloud native platforms rather than managing infrastructure life cycles.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2017

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Define and drive the technical vision for our multi-control plane architecture. • Lead the design and implementation of control plane abstractions. • Architect solutions for enterprise organizations managing thousands of workloads. • Establish technical standards and decision-making frameworks. • Build upon your deep experience with container orchestration platforms. • Extend and enhance Kubernetes-based architectures for enterprise challenges. • Create robust integration patterns between control planes. • Drive decisions around technology selection and vendor partnerships. • Design for enterprise realities including complex organizational structures. • Create frameworks for platform teams for self-service capabilities. • Champion engineering excellence through code reviews and mentorship.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in technical leadership roles. • Proven track record designing, building, and scaling container workload management platforms. • Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals, container runtimes, and cloud-native architectures. • Experience building or supporting infrastructure platforms used by large enterprise organizations with complex requirements. • Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-year technical initiatives from concept through production deployment at scale. • History of technical leadership including mentoring senior engineers and influencing architectural decisions across organizations. • Strong understanding of control plane design patterns, including reconciliation loops, declarative APIs, and eventual consistency models. • Familiarity with Crossplane architecture and concepts, or strong interest in rapidly developing deep expertise. • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps methodologies in enterprise environments. • Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Go, Python, or similar).

🏖️ Benefits

• Help shape the systems and strategies that drive predictable, scalable growth in a product-led company embracing usage-based models. • Flexible work arrangements. • Professional development opportunities.