Workplace
hybrid
Employment
Internship
Published
Aug 11, 2026
Closes
No date supplied
The role
We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!
Your Opportunity
As a Senior Software Engineer within the Container Fabric (CF) organization, you will be a key driver in evolving New Relic’s global internal platform. We are looking for an operations-heavy engineer with 5–8 years of relevant experience who can leverage open-source and custom tooling to orchestrate and maintain large-scale Kubernetes environments. You will play a "Captain" role—leading critical deliverables and mentoring junior engineers while maintaining the reliability of our global fleet.
What You'll Do
• Architectural Leadership: Drive the design and implementation of internal tools, specifically focusing on Kubernetes Operators and Controllers to automate resource management.
• Platform Orchestration: Lead complex, large-scale infrastructure shifts.
• Operational Excellence: Take ownership of incident response, author comprehensive retrospectives, and implement systemic hardening to prevent recurrence using advanced overcommit strategies.
This Role Requires
• Experience: 5–8 years in a DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Kubernetes Mastery: Deep internals knowledge of Kubernetes and hands-on experience writing custom operators.
• Tooling Proficiency: St
Requirements
Department: Telemetry Data Platform