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Kerrigan Robotics

Engineering Lead – Platform & SRE at Kerrigan Robotics (Santa Clara, CA)

Kerrigan Robotics· Santa Clara, CA· $175k–$215k·

Role details

Salary
$175k–$215k
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

The Role

As the Engineering Lead for Platform, you own the “how” of our delivery. You bridge the gap between code and runtime, ensuring our systems are deployable anywhere—from an ephemeral cloud cluster for a sales demo to a ruggedized Industrial PC (IPC) on a factory floor. You will build the foundation that enables both internal developers and external customers to move fast and with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

● Hybrid Infrastructure: Architect a unified deployment model using Pulumi and Kubernetes that spans AWS/GCP/Azure and on-premise bare metal. ● Turnkey Hardware: Lead the effort to package our software into hardware solutions (Industrial PCs and rack-based deployments). ● CI/CD Leadership: Build next-gen pipelines in GitHub Actions that handle complex builds, including future Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing. ● Reliability: Define the observability and operation standards (Prometheus, Grafana, OIDC) for our "Application Cells."

Requirements

● Experience: 5+ years in SRE/DevOps ● K8s Mastery: Deep knowledge of K8s internals, CNIs, and multi-cluster management. ● Automation: Expert in Pulumi or Terraform, and Helm. ● Systems Thinking: Proficiency in Go and a strong grasp of Linux networking and certificate management. ● Edge Knowledge: Experience with "Edge" or on-premise software delivery is a massive plus.

Why work at Kerrigan Robotics

  • Culture: Early‑stage startup with a veteran team from Tesla, Google, Rivian, and CARIAD – strong emphasis on technical excellence and real‑world impact.
  • Work policy: Hybrid – employees work from the Santa Clara office with typical on‑site expectations (builtin.com).
  • Engineering focus: Greenfield development of a mission‑critical platform; stack includes Go, Python, Kubernetes, NVIDIA Orin/Jetson, gRPC, NATS/RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and AI/ML frameworks.
  • Open roles (as of early 2026): Engineering Lead – Platform & SRE, Backend Software Engineer, Senior Robotics Integration Engineer, Applied AI Software Engineer (builtin.com).
  • Perks: Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge industrial AI, influence product direction, and collaborate with a globally distributed team (Lebanon, US, France, UK).

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