Lead Platform Engineer/Architect - HPC, Kubernetes

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud platforms, or high-performance computing environments
• Expert-level Kubernetes experience at meaningful scale, including node pool sizing, scheduler debugging, CNI troubleshooting, and rolling upgrades across large fleets
• Advanced Python skills and a track record of building production-grade tools; experience with Go, Rust, or C++ is a strong plus
• Daily proficiency with Terraform for writing and reviewing infrastructure as code
• Working knowledge of core AWS services, including EC2, S3, EFS, and FSx for Lustre
• Strong site reliability engineering background, including experience establishing monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices
• CKA and CKS certifications are highly preferred

Responsibilities:

• Operate and scale Kubernetes platforms, including EKS, GKE, and other distributions, managing cluster lifecycles, optimizing node pools, and configuring networking policies during rapid growth
• Provision and manage HPC infrastructure through CI/CD pipelines across AWS, CoreWeave, Google Cloud Platform, OCI, and other cloud providers
• Design and maintain job scheduling systems that allocate GPU compute resources efficiently across training and inference workloads
• Define SLIs and SLOs, develop monitoring and alerting systems, and take part in incident response and post-incident reviews
• Develop production-quality tooling and automation for large-scale, multi-cloud infrastructure operations
• Collaborate with Networking, Storage, Security, and AI/ML platform teams to deliver infrastructure across functions

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• EC2
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Rust
• Security
• Terraform
• NodeJS
• Architect
• Support

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Join our high-growth infrastructure team, where we operate Kubernetes platforms across multiple cloud providers at massive scale. In this role, your code and configurations will help protect thousands of GPU-hours from costly failures. At EPAM, we help technology talent grow through groundbreaking work, world-class learning platforms, and collaboration with a global community of problem-solvers.

last updated 43 week of 2026