Senior Kubernetes Control Plane Engineer

About the role

Bitdeer, a technology company for Bitcoin mining and AI cloud headquartered in Singapore, is hiring a Senior Kubernetes Control Plane Engineer in Singapore. You will design and build the control plane that underpins the company's AI cloud, working closely with AI scheduling and fabric teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable control plane architectures using tools such as Cluster API to enable fleet-wide automation.
• Develop custom Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to streamline lifecycle management and orchestration.
• Optimize etcd performance and ensure reliable state management across distributed cloud regions.
• Implement secure, multi-tenant isolation at the API server layer.
• Architect zero-downtime upgrades and multi-cluster federation for a seamless user experience.
• Collaborate with AI Scheduling and Fabric engineering teams so the control plane integrates tightly with GPU orchestration.
• Lead design reviews and mentor engineers on distributed systems architecture.
• Drive platform reliability by finding and fixing failure modes in the control plane before they affect customer training or inference jobs.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with deep, hands-on expertise in Go.
• Proven track record of operating, debugging and scaling large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Strong technical leadership and excellent communication skills.
• Experience in high-velocity, high-growth engineering environments is highly preferred.

Required skills

• Extensive experience with the Kubernetes ecosystem (Operators, API Server, etcd, Cluster API).
• Deep understanding of multi-tenancy, cluster federation and API governance.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform, CI/CD pipelines) and managed cloud services.

What we offer

• A culture that values authenticity and diversity, with an inclusive, open-workspace environment.
• Direct impact on the future of the digital asset industry and involvement in new projects and process development.
• Personal accountability, autonomy, fast growth and learning opportunities.
• Welfare benefits and developmental opportunities such as training and mentoring.