(Senior) Software Engineer, Pony.ai

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production (EKS/GKE/AKS and/or bare-metal)
• Strong Linux systems background and distributed systems fundamentals (scheduling, reliability, scaling)
• Proven experience with hybrid cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-prem)
• Expertise in containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or similar)
• Experience developing and maintaining Kubernetes platform features (operators, CRDs, APIs)
• Solid knowledge of Kubernetes networking (CNI, ingress, service discovery), storage, and compute integrations
• Strong understanding of security best practices (RBAC, network policies, secrets)
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment

Desirable

• Design, operate, and optimize Kubernetes clusters across hybrid cloud environments (public cloud and on-prem datacenter)
• Support diverse workloads including large-scale model training and low-latency inference services
• Develop, maintain, and extend Kubernetes platform features (operators, CRDs, APIs) to automate and productize internal use cases
• Own cluster lifecycle management including upgrades, patching, configuration, and governance
• Define and enforce best practices for service deployments, security policies, and operational guidelines
• Contribute to observability and SRE practices to ensure reliability at scale (SLOs, incident reviews, metrics-driven improvements)
• Collaborate with storage, compute, and networking teams (CNI, ingress, service discovery) to enhance automation, availability, and performance
• Provide technical mentorship, documentation, and on-call support for cluster-related incidents