Staff Engineer - vSphere Kubernetes Service

Skip to main contentEnglishSign InStaff Engineer - vSphere Kubernetes Service page is loadedStaff Engineer - vSphere Kubernetes ServiceApplylocationsUSA-CA - Promontory Btime typeFull timeposted onPosted 30+ Days Agojob requisition idR025382Please Note:1. If you are a first time user, please create your candidate login account before you apply for a job. (Click Sign In > Create Account)2. If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply.Job Description:The Problem We’re SolvingEnterprises want to run Kubernetes at scale — without becoming Kubernetes experts.Today, many Broadcom customers run mission-critical workloads on vSphere, but adopting Kubernetes often means:Operating a second control planeStitching together storage, networking, identity, and lifecycle toolingCarrying ongoing operational and upgrade riskThis complexity slows adoption and creates reliability issues at scale.Our mission: make Kubernetes boring and effectively disappear for enterprise operators — by embedding it directly into the vSphere control plane and making it behave like a first-class infrastructure primitive.The Role: Staff Engineer, vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)You’ll join the VKS team, responsible for the Kubernetes control plane that is built into VMware Cloud Foundation. Your job is to design and build a distributed management system that:Runs Kubernetes control planes reliably across thousands of enterprise environmentsManages the full lifecycle of Kubernetes workload clustersIntegrates deeply with storage, networking, identity, and VM infrastructurePreserves enterprise guarantees around availability, upgrades, and operabilityThis is platform engineering at scale, with real production impact to 1000s of enterprise customers.What You’ll Actually Work OnYou will tackle problems like:How do we manage Kubernetes clusters as infrastructure, not pets?Designing control-plane workflows that create, upgrade, and heal clusters safely.How do we reconcile Kubernetes abstractions with vSphere primitives?Bridging containers and VMs without leaking complexity to operators.How do we build a control plane that survives real enterprise failure modes?Partial upgrades, split-brain scenarios, networking failures, and version skew.How do we test distributed systems rigorously?Building automated tests that validate correctness, upgrades, and resilience.Your ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement distributed systems in Go / C++ / JavaServe as a technical mentor and lead for a group of engineers, providing day-to-day technical direction and coaching to ensure successful project delivery.Drive and lead team processes and agile methodologies (sprint planning, execution, defect triages, etc.) to optimize quality and velocity for their assigned work.Own the complete Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for assigned technical areas, including design, implementation, and quality assurance.Work with Technical Leads (TLs) and architects to translate ambiguous, large-scale problems into clear technical designs and execution plans.Collaborate with Product Management and other engineering teams to manage technical dependencies, risks, and communications.Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.What Makes You a Strong FitHands-on experience building or operating Kubernetes-based systems. A deep understanding of the control plane architecture (API server, etcd, scheduler, controller-manager, etc.) and how they maintain the desired state is required.Experience extending the Kubernetes API by designing declarative APIs and implementing reconciliation loops.Knowledge of Linux internals (cgroups, namespaces, etc.) and container runtimes like containerd.Knowledge of Container Network Interfaces (CNI) and managing traffic through Ingress controllers and Service Meshes (Istio, Linkerd etc.).Knowledge in Container Storage Interface (CSI) and managing Persistent Volumes (PVs) and PVCs.Strong systems design fundamentals...