staff software engineering Platform Engineer ic 5+ yrs · Posted May 19, 2026

About this role

Cloudera is hiring a staff-level Platform Engineer in the software engineering function as a remote position. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, API Development, Backend Development and roughly 5+ years of relevant work.

Role
Platform Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Remote (Czech Republic)
Work mode
Remote
Experience
5+ years
Posted
May 19, 2026
AI Summary
Staff-level Platform Engineer driving evolution of Cloudera's Embedded Container Service based on Rancher Kubernetes Engine. Design and implement cluster lifecycle management, networking, and storage enhancements for CDP On-Premise. Requires 5+ years backend development with Go expertise and deep Kubernetes knowledge.

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Job description

from Cloudera careers

Business Area:

Engineering

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description: 

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive the evolution of the Cloudera Embedded Container Service based on the Rancher Kubernetes Engine for enterprise and multi-cluster environments. This role will focus on evolving the Rancher Kubernetes Engine’s integration with the Cloudera Data Services.

The Data Services Platform organization has deep technical expertise in distributed computing and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes, Apache Hadoop, etc. and on various cloud platforms like Openshift, RKE, AWS, Azure, GCP etc. We have team members who have been the pioneers of open source projects like YuniKorn for Kubernetes. We are deeply involved in open source communities like Apache Software Foundation and CNCF.

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