Representative profile

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

K. P. · 8+ years · UTC+0 (GMT)

Availability
Available now
Rate band
$$ · $85 to $115 / hr
Experience
8+ years
Industries
SaaS, Fintech
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • Go
  • Builds developer platforms, not just infrastructure: paved paths that product teams actually use
  • Runs production Kubernetes with Terraform-managed AWS underneath, all reproducible from code
  • Writes internal tooling and operators in Go when off-the-shelf tools fall short

This profile represents the platform shape growing teams reach for: an engineer who treats infrastructure as a product whose customers are the company’s own developers.

Background

Eight years across infrastructure and platform roles for SaaS and fintech companies. Started in classic DevOps, then moved toward platform engineering: building the paved path of CI, deployment, secrets, and observability that lets product engineers ship without filing tickets. Runs Kubernetes on AWS with everything defined in Terraform, and writes Go when the platform needs custom tooling or a small operator.

Strengths

  • Platform thinking. Measures success by how little product teams have to think about infrastructure.
  • Kubernetes in production. Cluster design, upgrades, autoscaling, and multi-environment setups that stay boring.
  • Terraform discipline. Reviewable modules and state management that survive team growth.
  • Go for tooling. Comfortable writing the CLI, controller, or service that glues the platform together.

Typical engagement

Often starts by assessing and consolidating existing infrastructure, then stays on as the platform owner while the product team scales. UK hours with a full morning shared with Europe and afternoons overlapping US Eastern. Available now.

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