Senior Go Kubernetes Developer Cloud & Edge Infrastructure (Freelance, Remote)

For a long-term cloud infrastructure project we are looking for an experienced Senior Go / Kubernetes Developer to support the further development of a distributed multi-provider cloud and edge platform. You will work in an international engineering environment and contribute primarily to the development of Kubernetes-native infrastructure automation using Go.

Start: asap

Duration: 12 months

Capacity: 100%

Location: Remote

Preferred setup: Nearshore / Europe-compatible

Language: English; German beneficial

Contract: Freelance

• Design and develop Kubernetes Operators and Controllers in Go
• Develop cloud-native backend services and Kubernetes-native APIs
• Design and implement Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and reconciliation logic
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of cloud edge and bare-metal infrastructure
• Integrate infrastructure networking and platform components via Kubernetes APIs
• Develop and maintain automated unit and integration tests
• Analyze troubleshoot and improve Go applications and Kubernetes controllers
• Contribute to technical architecture code reviews and engineering standards
• Collaborate with infrastructure networking security and AI/ML specialists

• Several years of professional software development experience with strong hands-on Go / Golang expertise
• Proven experience developing Kubernetes Operators and/or Custom Controllers in Go
• Strong practical knowledge of the Kubernetes API CRDs and reconciliation patterns
• Experience with common Kubernetes development frameworks such as controller-runtime client-go Kubebuilder or Operator SDK
• Good understanding of Go concurrency APIs testing and backend/service development
• Experience developing and operating containerized applications
• Good understanding of cloud-native and distributed infrastructure
• Familiarity with infrastructure topics such as compute networking storage and automated provisioning