Job descriptionContributing to the machine controller manager to manage the machines / nodes of the cluster across different cloud providers.Etcd as the central store for Gardener objects with the first-class backup and restore capabilities.Control plane engineering endeavors to achieve highly scalable clusters running at the most optimal operating costs.Prior experience in design, deployment, and running of cloud infrastructures at Scale supporting PAAS / SAAS solutions.Strong experience with Unix / Linux internals and prior work in building virtualized / containerized environments.Hands-on experience in one or more (cloud) infrastructure services and technologies, e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, VMWare, OpenShift.Excellent understanding of cloud-native development, cloud computing, distributed systems, and container orchestration technology such as Kubernetes.Exposure to building necessary automation at all levels of the product lifecycleExcellent knowledge in at least one scripting and one programming language (Go Lang preferred)