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Software Engineer - Container Fabric

Posted One Month Ago
In-Office
Austin, TX, USA
126K-158K Annually
Entry level
In-Office
Austin, TX, USA
126K-158K Annually
Entry level
Build and operate New Relic’s global Kubernetes Container Fabric platform. Responsibilities include platform orchestration, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management, production reliability, monitoring, and high-severity incident response. The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, custom Operator development, and strong Go programming skills, with bonus experience in Karpenter, Cluster API, Helm, ArgoCD, or Flux.
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We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!

Your opportunity

Join New Relic’s Container Fabric (CF) team and play a pivotal role in shaping our global internal platform. You will work at the very heart of our infrastructure, building resilient, scalable systems that empower engineering teams across the entire business. If you thrive on solving complex, large-scale challenges and enjoy the tangible impact of high-availability platform orchestration, this is your chance to elevate your technical reach.

You will be given the autonomy to drive platform evolution, work with state-of-the-art cloud-native tools, and push the boundaries of modern infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Platform Orchestration: Oversee and enhance a massive Kubernetes infrastructure platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability.
  • Automation & Engineering: Evolve internal tooling to eliminate manual overhead and streamline platform delivery across global teams.
  • Lifecycle Management: Manage Day 1 and Day 2 operations for Kubernetes clusters using modern scaling frameworks.
  • Operational Excellence: Partner with a supportive engineering team to manage production environments and lead high-severity incident responses calmly and efficiently.

This role requires

  • Infrastructure Expertise: A background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering managing production environments.
  • Kubernetes Mastery: Deep working knowledge of K8s primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and hands-on experience building custom Kubernetes Operators.
  • Golang Proficiency: Strong skills in Go for systems programming and infrastructure automation.
  • Production Focus: Proven experience managing production stability, monitoring, and resolving high-severity incidents.

Bonus points if you have

  • Experience with cloud-native auto-scaling technologies such as Karpenter or Cluster API.
  • Practical familiarity with Helm and GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux to manage continuous deployment workflows.


Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

Estimated Base Pay Range
$126,000—$158,000 USD

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes. 

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

Our hiring process
In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.

New Relic develops and distributes encryption software and technology that complies with U.S. export controls and licensing requirements. Certain New Relic roles require candidates to pass an export compliance assessment as a condition of employment in any global location. If relevant, we will provide more information later in the application process.

Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics. 

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