About Teleport Don't wait for the future of infrastructure. Be part of it. Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company. We're solving one of the hardest problems in security: giving every human, machine, workload, and AI agent a cryptographically secured identity, improving engineering velocity while maintaining security. We make trusted computing simple. This gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to build and innovate with confidence. Remote-first and globally distributed, we work with companies like Nasdaq, IBM, DoorDash, and Elastic to secure infrastructure for an AI world. About Us Teleport is the Infrastructure Identity Company, modernizing identity, access, and policy for infrastructure, improving engineering velocity and resiliency of critical infrastructure against human factors and/or compromise. We are a fast-growing, well-funded Y-Combinator company. We value our craft, are strong supporters of work/life balance, and embrace a culture of humility, honesty, and transparency. About this job The Teleport Cloud Platform team architects a performant and scalable cloud platform that realizes the promise of Teleport as a SaaS product. The team is focused on scalability, security, and analytics of Teleport on our Cloud platform. They build multi-cluster Kubernetes controllers, networking services, platform monitoring tools, and more. You will work on problems ranging from networking and performance to security and integrations with external systems. Most of the code you will write will be written in Go. We strongly encourage you to explore our GitHub Repo to get a taste of what we are building. Important information You must be a current resident of the UK. We require to be in-person in our Oakland, CA, office for the onboarding week. We conduct background checks. A sample of recent projects: Multi-cluster Kubernetes operators for managing Teleport at scale Zero-downtime upgrades for services with long-lived tunnels Global ingress stack with Envoy, Gateway API, and ALPN routing Reduced onboarding time for new customer instances Migration to EKS Requirements Willingness to collaboratively work with Teleports’ engineers on coding challenge in Go as part of the interview process. Extensive Go experience Strong expertise with Kubernetes, including experience writing controllers and extending Kubernetes via APIs Extensive experience developing scalable, reliable, and performant systems Strong software-related security experience and strong interest in security space Proficiency with AWS and other cloud services Linux systems engineering experience Networking experience Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies. Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset. Pluses Knowledge of Envoy and Cilium Cryptography engineering experience Interview Process We’ve designed a unique interview process that gives you the opportunity to learn about the company and collaborate with our engineering team on a project. Candidates who enjoy the process often stay with Teleport for a long time. What to expect once you apply: Zoom meeting with a Teleport recruiter You’ll learn about the company, our products, compensation philosophy, interview process, and key requirements. Zoom meeting with the Hiring Manager The Hiring Manager will walk you through the coding challenge and answer your questions. Coding challenge collaboration The day after your meeting with the Hiring Manager, you join a Slack channel and submit a coding challenge in Go using GitHub. LT-LT1 Why Teleport You're joining a company where the problem is real, the team is small, and your work shows up directly in the product. We're not a big company, you won't get lost in a crowd. You'll have the freedom and autonomy to do what you're great at, alongside teammates who care about doing it right and want to see you succeed. The work is collaborative, there's real room to grow, and the mission is one worth showing up for. Remote-first and globally distributed, we're genuinely passionate about what we're building. The Benefits At Teleport, we believe your career is more important than a list of perks. That's why we focus on making your day-to-day the best it can be — giving you the autonomy, access, and support to do the best work of your career. - Extensive health coverage - Annual expense budget - Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge - Investment in your future with retirement savings plans - Professional development opportunities Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law. Candidate Privacy Notice: For information about our collection and processing of job applicant personal data for this position, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection at goteleport.com/legal/apply/job-applicant/