A natural match if you have hands-on Kubernetes development experience and a background in building internal developer tools.
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Original posting from Lendbuzz via Lever
At Lendbuzz, we believe financial opportunity should be more personalized and fair. We develop innovative technologies that provide underserved and overlooked borrowers with better access to credit. From our employees to our dealers, partners, and borrowers, we’ve built a company and a culture around a resolute belief in the promise and power of diversity. We value independent and critical thinking.
Key Responsibilities::
~50% hands on development
Work together with your manager, other engineering managers, service owners and champions from various teams to understand their pains and prioritize the teams’ tasks accordingly.
Lead a team of engineers with a computer science background, keep their vision focused and aligned with management, teach them how to lead projects effectively, collect feedback and give good service to the engineers of the company
Build decentralized ecosystems that are very easy to contribute to with vibe coding (Backstage, CLI tools, Microservice templates, Self Service, HELM Charts values, etc)
Drive high-impact, multi-team technical initiatives from ideation to delivery by establishing clear technical standards, defining trackable compliance metrics while securing the buy-in of other engineering leaders
Lead Kubernetes (K8s) initiatives.
Manage research of cutting edge cloud native technologies
Key Requirements::
Computer Science degree from a leading university
5+ years of software development experience.
2+ years of experience developing applications on K8S using HELM/Kustomize/Crossplane/CDK/Other
Understand the concepts of Platform Engineering well
Strong backend development skills in a modern languages:
Typescript/Python with Asyncio/Go/Rust/Modern C#/Kotlin.
Proficiency with Claude/Codex which includes writing skills, system prompts & delivering features across multiple repos.
Preferred::
Production experience running services on Kubernetes..
Proven experience writing design documents, presenting them to engineering leaders and answering hard technical questions in fluent English.
Experience writing and maintaining internal tools with an impact on developer experience such as:
Backstage/Port, internal CLI tools/Microservice templates/infra-related libraries, agentic flows/AI skills
Experience working with open source K8S charts such as:
Keycloak, Debezium, Airflow, Temporal, a feature flag system or LangSmith
What we offer:
- A culture that values product ownership, collaborative architectural planning, and building wins for your resume/portfolio as much as for the company.
- Smart, dynamic people with whom you can share the experience of building something unique.
- Competitive salary with opportunities for growth and advancement.
A Note on Recruiting Outreach
We’ve been made aware of individuals falsely claiming to represent Lendbuzz using lookalike email addresses (eg @lendbuzzcareers.com). Please note that all legitimate emails from our team come from @lendbuzz.com. We will never ask for sensitive information or conduct interviews via messaging apps.
Source: Lendbuzz careers (Lever)