[Remote] Join Team Arango!Senior Engineer (Golang/Kubernetes)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Arango is a company focused on providing a trusted data foundation for enterprise AI with their innovative graph-based Contextual AI. They are seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the development of the ArangoDB operator, ensuring robust lifecycle management and scaling capabilities for ArangoDB running on Kubernetes. Responsibilities • Lead development of the ArangoDB operator • Ensure robust lifecycle management, scaling, back-up, and replication capabilities for ArangoDB running on Kubernetes • Shape the architecture of core operator components • Design and implement new features • Influence best practices for deploying stateful systems on Kubernetes • Ensure that ArangoDB continues to meet enterprise-grade expectations for performance, consistency, and stability Skills • Deep expertise in Kubernetes, CRDs and operators (deployments, custom resources like ArangoDeployment, ArangoBackup, ArangoLocalStorage, replication, etc.) • Strong experience in Go (the operator is written in Go) plus solid understanding of concurrency, storage, and distributed system concerns • Proven background in designing and managing production-grade distributed databases or stateful systems, including storage management and data replication. (e.g., persistent volumes, snapshot/backup, failover, cluster scaling) • Familiarity with storage concepts in Kubernetes: PersistentVolumes, PVCs, local storage, volume resizing, storage performance tuning • Operational mindset: ability to ensure stability, handle upgrades/migrations, observability/metrics, and manage cluster lifecycle through automation and best practices • Strong communication and leadership skills: able to drive technical discussions, review code, mentor contributors, write clear design documents and documentation for both internal and external users Benefits • Competitive compensation plan • Uncapped variable earnings • Meaningful career growth opportunities Company Overview • Arango provides a trusted data foundation for Contextual AI — transforming enterprise data into a System of Context that truly represents the business, so LLMs can deliver better outcomes with unlimited scale and cost efficiency. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • Arango has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job