Kubernetes Presales Engineer - CNAI - Startup

Autonomous Workload Orchestration & Infrastructure Optimization

Cloud-Native & Hybrid

Native Kubernetes

GPU Orchestration

Remote 1st Culture (US or Canada only)

Series A Startup

Base Salary $175k - 200k + MBO + Equity

Subject Matter Knowledge & Experience:

External Client Interaction (Solutions Architecture - Pre Sales - Support)

Containerization, Orchestration

Native Kubernetes (Ops & integrating into Kubernetes)

CLI expertise (Bash, Shell, Python, Go)

Key Responsibilities

Support, Guide, Design, and Integrate Solutions:

Lead portions of external customer engagements ensuring seamless product implementation.

Drive Platform Adoption and Client Success:

Collaborate with internal teams (product, engineering, customer success) to promote platform adoption and ensure client satisfaction.

Bridge gaps between teams to align strategies and deliver cohesive solutions that meet client needs.

Master Cloud-Native Technologies and Services:

Build deep expertise in cloud-native applications, microservices, and modern DevOps practices.

Stay current with industry trends and leverage this to provide innovative, informed guidance and solutions to clients.

Strategic Advice - Maximize Value - Advocacy creation

Engage Clients - Technical Leaders including CloudOps, Systems, and similar.

Build and nurture relationships with technical stakeholders.

Offer strategic guidance to help clients fully leverage solutions, driving measurable value and fostering long-term advocacy for the platform.

Technical Content Creation - Best Practices

Develop practical, actionable high-quality technical content including

Solution Guides, Reusable Sample Code, blog posts.

Empower clients in overcoming technical challenges.

Skills & Qualifications

7+ years in software engineering or solution architecture or sales engineer (or similar).

Kubernetes

2+ years focused on Kubernetes or cloud-native platforms.

Knowledge/understanding of Designing, Deploying & Managing AKS, EKS, GKE.

Scripting

Absolute comfort at the bash prompt.

IaC expertise (Terraform).

Python, Golang scripting proficiency.

Understanding of Hybrid or multi-cloud architectures.

Excellent communication skills, with an ability to convey technical solutions effectively to varied stakeholders.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related.