Principal Kubernetes Control Plane Engineer at Bitdeer Technologies Group
Austin, TX
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Aug 19, 2026
Austin, TX
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role focuses on architecting and building the Kubernetes control plane for a large-scale AI cloud platform, including fleet-wide automation, custom Operators and CRDs, etcd optimization, multi-tenant isolation, and zero-downtime multi-cluster federation. The position involves technical leadership — design reviews, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration with GPU orchestration teams — and suits a deeply experienced distributed systems engineer with strong Go expertise.
Senior level · 8+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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The posting is headquartered in Singapore with data centers across multiple countries; no specific work location is stated for this role. It has been treated as non-US given the Singapore HQ and absence of any US-specific location or remote-US framing.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's or Master's degree' — Bachelor's is treated as the minimum hard gate.
Terraform and CI/CD appear under a 'Familiarity with' qualifier in the qualifications section, making them preferred rather than hard gates.
The title says 'Principal' but the actual requirements (8+ years, senior IC scope, no org-wide authority described) align more closely with a Senior engineer. The advertised level is reported separately.
Experience in 'high-velocity, high-growth engineering environments' is explicitly called 'highly preferred' in the posting and has been omitted as it names no concrete technology.
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