Software Engineer II - Platform

Stacklok is led by CEO Craig McLuckie and CTO Joe Beda, two of the creators of Kubernetes. As AI reshapes how software is built and used, we're building the foundation enterprises need to adopt it with confidence.

We're building the control plane for enterprise AI agents, enabling organizations to run, govern, and secure them on the infrastructure they already trust. Through Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers running across Kubernetes and private cloud environments, AI agents can securely connect to internal data and systems while meeting the security, compliance, and operational requirements of highly regulated and security-conscious organizations. We've also extended this foundation to the model layer with an enterprise AI gateway.

The Stacklok Enterprise Platform is built on ToolHive, our open source MCP platform, and is already being adopted by leading technology companies and organizations in regulated industries. We also help maintain the official MCP registry and contribute openly to the community shaping the future of enterprise AI.

Location

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This is a remote role based in North America, with a strong preference for candidates located in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

The Opportunity

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Enterprises are moving AI agents from experimentation into production, and they need infrastructure that is secure, auditable, and runs behind their own firewall. As a Software Engineer II on Stacklok's core platform team, you will help build and harden the systems behind Stacklok Enterprise, the production distribution of ToolHive, the open source platform for running and governing MCP servers.

This is a hands-on role with real independence. You will deliver features and fix issues across the systems that let Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies run AI agents securely at scale, from the runtime that isolates MCP servers and the Kubernetes operator that manages them to the gateway, registry, and identity layers. Y