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About the Role
We are looking for a skilled Cloud Platform Engineer to join our Runway team. In this role, you will help design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and developer tooling that powers our engineering organization. You will play a key role in advancing our Kubernetes-based platform, maturing our GitOps practices, and driving infrastructure-as-code adoption across the business.
This is a hands-on technical role suited to someone who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and developer experience.
Key Responsibilities
Kubernetes Platform Management — Operate, maintain, and improve production-grade Kubernetes clusters across cloud environments; manage cluster lifecycle including upgrades, scaling, and reliability.
GitOps & Continuous Delivery — Own and extend our ArgoCD-based GitOps workflows; develop and maintain Application Sets, manage sync policies, and enforce deployment standards across environments.
Infrastructure as Code — Write, review, and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage cloud infrastructure; enforce IaC best practices including module reuse, state management, and drift detection.
Platform Reliability — Monitor platform health, respond to incidents, conduct post-mortems, and drive improvements to availability, performance, and observability.
Developer Enablement — Collaborate with application teams to onboard services onto the platform; create documentation, runbooks, and self-service tooling that improves developer productivity.
CI/CD Integration — Integrate platform capabilities with CI pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton) to support end-to-end delivery workflows.
Required Qualifications
3–5 years of experience in a platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE role
Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments (EKS, GKE, or AKS preferred)
Demonstrable experience with ArgoCD or comparable GitOps tooling (Flux, etc.)
Proficiency in Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning; familiarity with remote state, workspaces, and module design
Experience working with at least one major cloud provider ( AWS , GCP, or Azure)
Comfortable writing scripts and automation in Python , Bash, or Go
Familiarity with Helm for Kubernetes package management
Understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, load balancing, ingress, service mesh concepts
Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to document systems clearly and collaborate across teams
Nice to Have
Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Cilium)
Familiarity with policy-as-code tools such as OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno
Exposure to observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki)
Knowledge of Crossplane or other Kubernetes-native IaC approaches
Contributions to open-source projects or internal platform tooling
Experience with multi-cluster or multi-region Kubernetes architectures
The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.
United States Salary Range
$126,000—$213,000 USD
How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees
Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Growth and Development Fund
Parental Leave
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