Senior Application Engineer
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
This is a senior, hands-on engineering role focused on Go development, Kubernetes Operators, platform automation, reliability, and security. You’ll work closely with Kubernetes architects, SRE, and cloud operations teams to turn complex operational processes into scalable, production-grade software.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes Operators, controllers, CRDs, APIs, and automation using Go.
- Automate provisioning, upgrades, scaling, recovery, configuration, and other platform lifecycle workflows.
- Build reliable, observable, secure, and resilient controllers that handle retries, drift, failures, and changing cluster state.
- Develop strong automated test coverage and contribute to CI/CD, GitOps, Helm, and infrastructure automation.
- Integrate platform software across public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises Kubernetes environments.
- Apply secure Kubernetes practices including RBAC, secrets management, admission controls, and workload isolation.
- Improve platform reliability through observability, troubleshooting, post-incident improvements, and operational automation.
- Mentor engineers and help establish engineering standards and best practices.
What We’re Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in software, platform, cloud, DevOps, infrastructure automation, or SRE engineering.
- Strong production development experience with Go.
- Hands-on experience building Kubernetes Operators, controllers, CRDs, admission webhooks, or similar Kubernetes-native software.
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes APIs, reconciliation patterns, RBAC, finalizers, status conditions, and object lifecycle.
- Experience supporting production Kubernetes environments and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD, GitOps, Helm, Linux, containers, networking, storage, and Kubernetes troubleshooting.
- Experience applying Kubernetes security practices.
- Strong communication skills and experience mentoring or influencing other engineers.
Nice to Have
- Experience with technologies such as Kubebuilder, Operator SDK, controller-runtime, Terraform, Argo CD, Flux, EKS, AKS, GKE, Prometheus, Grafana, Istio, Linkerd, or Cilium, as well as experience in regulated or mission-critical environments.
- Relevant Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud DevOps, or Linux certifications are also beneficial.
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About InterSystems
InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world.
Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.
AI Disclaimer
InterSystems may use AI tools for its internal operations including administrative tasks during recruitment (e.g., organizing candidate information). InterSystems’ approach to AI is guided by the InterSystems Responsible AI Guidelines. AI is not used to make or influence hiring decisions. All decisions are made by InterSystems employees.
Candidates may use AI for CV or interview preparation, provided materials are truthful and reflect their own experience. AI tools and third-party transcription services must not be used during interviews or assessments.
Please note that the use of wearable technology, including any AI-related tools or other technology-connected devices (such as META or Google smart glasses and/or wearables, and/or any similar devices), is strictly prohibited during the interview and screening process with InterSystems. Any applicant who requires a wearable device or any type of technology support during the interview process as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA or applicable state or country laws and regulations must contact the InterSystems Human Resources Department prior to attending or participating in any interview or screening process.
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The team: Managed Services HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 12 open in Managed Services. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in June: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Linux (7 of 12), Terraform (7 of 12), CI/CD (5 of 12), Golang (5 of 12), Kubernetes (5 of 12), Python (5 of 12), Argo CD (4 of 12)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Network Engineer posted Oct 5
- Kubernetes Engineer posted Aug 17
- Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer posted Jun 5
- Security Automation Engineer posted May 12
- Application Engineer posted Feb 4
- Senior Data Protection Engineer posted Feb 4
- Senior AI Application Engineer posted Feb 2
- Infrastructure Engineer posted Jan 19
- Principal Security Engineer posted Nov 7
- Senior Infrastructure Engineer posted Oct 1
- Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer posted Jun 24
From the team and dates on InterSystems's own job board.
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