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Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes

Camunda

Fully Remote
Remote
Worldwide
US hours

Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Camunda is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Camunda isthe enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, enabling organizations to coordinateAI agents, people, and systemsacross complex, end-to-end business processes. With built-in governance, auditability, and human oversight, Camunda gives enterprises the control they need to move AI from pilots to production — safely and at scale.Trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of top 10 US banks, Camunda helps enterprises boost operational efficiency, accelerate time-to-value, and deliver better customer experiences.Fully remote and global,we are in the middle of something bigger:transforming into an AI-first organisation, built on our own platform. We use Agentic AI to automate, orchestrate intelligent processes, and elevate human contribution across every team.NamedGP Bullhound’s Top 100 Next Unicorn list,2025 Great Place to Work certified.Visionaryin2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies. ranked3rd in Flexa's 2026Most Flexible Companies, We’re growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team.If you want meaningful work, visible impact and put something genuinely rare on your CV, keep reading.

About the role:

We’re seeking a talented engineer to develop and maintain Kubernetes Operators for our Camunda 8 SaaS offering. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the reliability of our cloud platform, managing numerous customer clusters and tackling complex challenges related to Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and multi-cloud deployments across GCP and AWS. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on our software and processes.

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What You’ll Be Doing:
* Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes Operators to manage the Camunda SaaS offering. Your work will directly contribute to helping Camunda deliver a robust platform with world-class reliability used by customers globally across all industries.
Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes Operators to manage the Camunda SaaS offering. Your work will directly contribute to helping Camunda deliver a robust platform with world-class reliability used by customers globally across all industries.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, field) to define, ship, and iterate on features. You will work with high calibre teams on projects that will extend Camunda’s SaaS across clouds, enable multi-region deployments, and deliver world-class security features used by some of the largest enterprises world-wide.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, field) to define, ship, and iterate on features. You will work with high calibre teams on projects that will extend Camunda’s SaaS across clouds, enable multi-region deployments, and deliver world-class security features used by some of the largest enterprises world-wide.
* Proactively identify opportunities to improve existing codebase(s) for security, stability, and reliability. You will be part of a team that cares deeply about quality and reliability and make contributions that extend our reliability objectives.
Proactively identify opportunities to improve existing codebase(s) for security, stability, and reliability. You will be part of a team that cares deeply about quality and reliability and make contributions that extend our reliability objectives.
* Be an advocate for new ideas and help build a team environment that values both creativity and practicality. Your work will have impact across Camunda’s engineering organization, directly influencing outcomes, and enable a world-class SaaS experience
Be an advocate for new ideas and help build a team environment that values both creativity and practicality. Your work will have impact across Camunda’s engineering organization, directly influencing outcomes, and enable a world-class SaaS experience
* Participate in an on-call rotation and 3rd level escalation support to ensure the system is meeting its objectives.
Participate in an on-call rotation and 3rd level escalation support to ensure the system is meeting its objectives.

What You Bring:
* Ability and/or willingness to useour product
Ability and/or willingness to useour product
* Experience using Go or another relevant language for cloud native software development.
Experience using Go or another relevant language for cloud native software development.
* Practical experience with at least one major Cloud Service Provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Practical experience with at least one major Cloud Service Provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
* Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and a deep understanding of its core concepts.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and a deep understanding of its core concepts.
* Willingness to work collaboratively within a team, share knowledge, and contribute to a

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

Application Tips

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Load Shedding Preparedness

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About Camunda

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