Software Engineer, Compute (8+ YOE)
AirtableSan Francisco, California, United States • New York, New York, United States • Seattle, Washington, United States
Posted February 27, 2026
196000 - 339900 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Airtable is a no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes.
Job Description
Airtable is seeking a Software Engineer, Compute to lead the next phase of platform maturity in how we run Kubernetes at Airtable. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of software engineering experience, deep expertise building and operating a Kubernetes based internal service platform, and strong understanding of Kubernetes internals.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Deep expertise building and operating a Kubernetes based internal service platform
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, including controllers/operators, CRDs, networking, and cluster architecture
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar
- Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling such as Spinnaker, ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins, or similar
- Clear, thoughtful communicator who collaborates effectively across many engineering teams
- Empathetic partner to product engineers, with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401k matching
- Restricted stock units
- Incentive compensation