Compute Platform Engineer, Glydways

$130-180k

Plus stock options

Kubernetes

Redis

Linux

Postgres

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

RabbitMQ

flux

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

1-2 days a week in office (Richmond, CA)

Autonomous electric transportation

Open for applications

Autonomous electric transportation

201-500 employees

B2BSustainabilityTransportMobilityElectric Vehicles

Open for applications

$130-180k

Plus stock options

Kubernetes

Redis

Linux

Postgres

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

RabbitMQ

flux

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

1-2 days a week in office (Richmond, CA)

201-500 employees

B2BSustainabilityTransportMobilityElectric Vehicles

Company mission

To provide a 24/7 mobility service solution that is environmentally net-negative in terms of greenhouse gas production (GHG), and, inherently profitable.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Hands-on experience or solid understanding of physical server hardware configuration, component replacement, racking, and network cabling. Comfort working directly with hardware in a data center, server room, and temporary environments
Experience with out-of-band management solutions including but not limited to KVM, Dell iDRAC and/or HP iLO
Experience with Linux operating systems in both development and production environments
Foundational understanding and experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Terraform) for managing cloud and on-premises environments
Experience deploying and supporting stateful and stateless application services, including databases and message brokers like Postgres, Redis, and RabbitMQ
Strong operational mindset with a desire to build clear, reliable technical documentation, hardware runbooks, and service level agreements
This position requires as-needed in-person work with physical servers in our Richmond, CA facility. Candidates must be willing to be hands-on. This includes but is not limited to racking servers, configuring operating systems, assembling servers with individual components

What the job involves

The Compute Platform team as a part of Software Foundations and Architecture is responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that enables Glydways to track, build, deploy and operate our software
From the build system everyone uses, to the tools used to submit and deploy changes, to the compute infrastructure they use to operate it - we support the entire development and operational experience
The Compute Platform team forges the tools that empower the entire software engineering organization while working with engineers throughout the company
Perform physical hardware configuration, racking, cabling, and routine maintenance for onsite compute clusters. Troubleshoot and resolve physical server or network appliance issues to ensure high availability for customer deployments
Assist the team in supporting onsite customer deployments and demonstrations
Write and maintain critical quality operations documentation, including runbooks for hardware configuration, upgrading EKS, upgrading core services, and managing onsite clusters
Help develop and maintain observability for Kubernetes services and applications, ensuring users have necessary read-only access to metrics and logs
Maintain the on-premise Kubernetes platform to ensure high availability, scalability, and security for critical services
Enforce best practices for Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management, including upgrades, patching, and configuration management using tools like Helm, Kustomize, or GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)
Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to understand their needs, implement improvements, maintain security policies, network segmentation, and access controls within the Kubernetes environment

Our take

Although more than 4000 cities across the globe meet the threshold for necessary urban mass transit systems, under 5% of them have the capacity to make it a reality. Glydways' autonomous electricity-powered transport systems could provide a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative for the 95% without rail or transport systems.

Glydways' Personal Rapid Transit systems consist of battery-operated electric vehicles called Glydcars that travel on dedicated rights of way. These “roads” can be built above ground level or through tunnels, and can integrate with other forms of public transport already existing within the city or town.

Whilst the addition of Glydcars' infrastructure raises questions about additional costs, the company’s solution has nonetheless attracted positive attention and serious investment. The company embarked on a world tour of its vehicles through 2025, and again raised funds in 2026 that support geographic expansion, the development of its technology, and expansion of its talent and infrastructure.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Apr 2026

$170m

SERIES C

Apr 2026

$250m

LATE VC

Total funding: $496m

Company HQ

Downtown, South San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Mark Seeger

(Co-CEO & Founder)

Previously Director of Digital Innovation at Ogilvy. Founded M Jeans and GreenIdea, and was a Product Design Engineer at Apple.

Blake Barber

(Co-CEO & CTO)

Previously Roboticist at Aurora and Uber Advanced Technologies Group, Chief Architect/Engineering Lead at Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies, and Associate Staff Member at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

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