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Senior Staff Engineer - Remote

ApTask Global WorkforceUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 31 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll lead critical cloud infrastructure initiatives, shaping the future of a foundational Kubernetes compute platform and enabling a global team's efficiency. This remote role is ideal for an experienced engineer with a passion for Go and Kubernetes, eager to drive significant impact and enjoy flexible work arrangements.

Quick Overview

Salary
$79/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Remote
Location
United States
Posted
Yesterday
AWSEnvoyAzureGoGoogle CloudIstioKubernetes

Job Description

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer for a Remote position with a Global Technology Solutions Provider. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

As a Senior Staff Engineer on the Cloud Infrastructure Compute team, you will be the technical leader for the lifecycle management of our Kubernetes compute platform. This platform is the foundation for all features delivered in security, networking, developer experience, and efficiency, ensuring consistency across multiple cloud vendors. You will enable the Cloud Infrastructure organization to work efficiently by enhancing all aspects of the engineering experience.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers
  • Deliver enhancements that drive the cost efficiency of our cloud platform
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • Contribute to the multi-year strategy to evolve the Cloud Platform
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance the compute platform

Requirements:
  • BS, MS or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 12+ years of relevant work experience in infrastructure
  • 4+ years of expertise with a public cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure) and their infrastructure as a service offering (e.g. EC2)
  • Experience setting technical direction, planning, and successfully executing on large projects spanning multiple teams
  • Strong proficiency and preference for Go (Golang)
  • Advanced Kubernetes expertise, specifically hands-on experience writing Kubernetes controllers and building/working with admission webhooks
  • Passionate about efficiency, availability, quality and developer experience

Desired skills:
  • Istio/Envoy Experience is preferred

Pay range: up to $78.57 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW)
ApTask Global Workforce (AGW) is a certified Minority and Veteran workforce solutions company. AGW delivers operational, clinical, lab and professional talent with a strong focus on healthcare and life sciences. The company supports clients with reliable staffing, program expertise and a commitment to quality, speed and consistent delivery.

Benefits of working with ApTask Global Workforce include:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)

Our team stays close to the process and is here to guide you every step of the way. To learn more, please visit our website

ApTask Global Workforce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

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