About the job
At Upbound, we are revolutionizing how contemporary infrastructure is crafted for the Agentic AI Era. As the creators and primary maintainers of Crossplane, we are in the process of developing the Intelligent Control Plane—a groundbreaking platform layer that transforms infrastructure into something programmable, autonomous, and composable.
Our mission is to empower AI-native enterprises with a foundational platform layer that enables teams to provision, operate, and adapt their infrastructure at scale—ensuring platforms are optimized for both human and AI agents. We collaborate with top cloud providers, independent software vendors, and open-source communities to assist organizations in accelerating their pace with enhanced confidence.
Currently, Upbound supports Fortune 500 companies and platform engineers across over 100 countries. With over 100M downloads, Crossplane is utilized by more than 1,000 teams worldwide. We are a Series B company backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Altimeter Capital, and Intel Capital, having raised $69M to date. Visit us at upbound.io.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development and operation of Upbound Spaces, the core management software for multiple control planes within the Upbound Platform. In this role, you will be instrumental in scaling Upbound to reliably support thousands of control planes, while also enhancing enterprise control plane management and operations both in cloud and on-premises environments. This expanding team presents a remarkable opportunity for you to make a substantial engineering impact in both development and production operations.

