Senior Cloud Platform Developer to help compose and evolve a modern cloud-native platform with a strong focus on developer experience, reliability, and aut

S.i. System's client is looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Developer to help compose and evolve a modern cloud-native platform with a strong focus on developer experience, reliability, and automation.

12 month contract - high chance of extension - 37.5 hours/week - Hybrid (3 days per week) in Vancouver

MUST HAVES:

• 5+ years of experience in platform, cloud infrastructure or SRE roles.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Go or C#, preferably including building controllers, operators, or automation systems.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, controller-runtime, and Crossplane composition frameworks.
• Experience with ArgoCD, Helm, and IaC (Terraform or Crossplane).
• Hands-on experience with GitOps or related experience and workflows dedicated to maintaining system consistency.
• Experience supporting or building data infrastructure platforms (e.g., MLOps, ETL pipelines, streaming or batch systems).

NICE TO HAVES:

• Contributions to CNCF open-source projects (Kubernetes, Crossplane, ArgoCD, Prometheus, etc).
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes API machinery, CRDs, and control plane development.
• Experience running platforms on a major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes scheduling and projects like Karpenter.
• Proven grasp of observability and distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana)