Kubernetes

Data Engineer — Python / SQL / Warehouse

We're looking for a Kubernetes Engineer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Our client is a gaming company that offers sports book, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino games.

This is a hands‑on role where architectural insight meets operational excellence – ideal for an engineer who wants to leave their fingerprints on the core of how things run.

• Cluster Management:
  Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across development, staging, and production environments (EKS a strong plus).
• Platform Engineering:
  Build tooling and abstractions that streamline application deployment and service discovery for developers.
• Autoscaling & Performance:
  Optimize pod scheduling, resource allocation, and horizontal/vertical scaling for high-performance services.
• Security & Policy Enforcement:
  Implement RBAC, network policies, and runtime security tools to enforce safe, compliant workloads.
• Deployment Enablement:
  Enhance Helm charts, Kustomize workflows, and Git Ops processes to support fast, safe, and reliable deployments.
• Observability:
  Own the integration and tuning of observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) for visibility into cluster and application health.
• Resilience & Recovery:
  Support fault‑tolerant architectures, runbooks for failover, and high availability strategies.
• Collaboration:
  
  Partner with developers, QA, and platform teams to evolve infrastructure‑as‑code and self‑service systems that reduce friction and boost autonomy.
• Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
• Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
• 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co‑working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
• Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.
• Upper‑intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real‑time conversation.
• 5+ years of full‑time hands‑on Dev Ops/SRE/Infrastructure experience.
• 5+ years of full‑time hands‑on Kubernetes experience.
• 3+ years of full‑time hands‑on AWS/EKS experience.
• 2+ years of full‑time hands‑on Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD/Flux experience.
• Solid understanding of container lifecycle, networking, and orchestration internals.
• Proficiency with Terraform or Pulumi for provisioning EKS and supporting infrastructure.
• Competence in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or Go).
• Familiarity with service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and Kubernetes‑native security tools (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno).
• Experience implementing security controls in regulated or compliance‑focused environments.
• Familiarity with service mesh architectures or advanced Kubernetes networking.
• Background supporting multi‑region or multi‑cloud deployments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.