Senior Staff Engineer, Core Infrastructure
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The role
The ideal candidate for this Senior Staff Engineer position is an advanced individual contributor and subject matter expert in multiple technologies and methodologies. You will work with a diverse group of engineers that operate as a cohesive, fun-loving team. You will lead large projects while mentoring junior engineers. You will have a large hand in taking extreme ownership of your team’s objectives, resolving issues when deployments don’t go as planned, resolving production facing issues, and assisting with supporting development teams. You are self-sufficient and can resolve major issues with little assistance.
From a technical skill set perspective, you must have CI/CD, containerization, and Linux experience. Experience with AWS and container technologies is required. EKS, Fargate, and autoscaling are a bonus. We are looking for your ability to implement and support solutions that are highly available and scalable. We treat infrastructure as code, and deploy all infrastructure via automated pipelines. You will work to better our ability to scale resources and automate services.
What you’ll do:
- Mentor engineers and grow the team.
- Utilize advanced knowledge to train others on agile methodology, development processes, automation processes, design patterns, platforms and multiple programming languages.
- Work with little supervision with extensive latitude for independent judgment.
- Conduct highly complex work critical to the organization.
- Focus on long-term strategic planning and ongoing initiatives.
- Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product.
- Actively coordinate and communicate to accomplish team and company-level objectives.
- Conduct research into new technology and advocate for its use.
- Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
- Design and lead development of technical architectures.
- Lead the development and testing of our systems and services.
- Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment.
What you’ll need:
- 4+ years experience using at least one object oriented programming language (Java, C#, etc).
- 4+ years experience using at least one scripting language (Python, PHP, etc).
- 3+ years experience working with AWS.
- 3+ years experience with CI/CD, Pipelines, and leveraging Infrastructure as Code.
- Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
- Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs, writing tests, working through code reviews, and managing pull requests.
- Agile-based project development in a microservices environment.
- Demonstrated drive to collaborate with others.
- Desired to grow your leadership skills.
Nice to have:
- AWS associate, professional, and/or speciality level certifications.
- Bachelor's degree in an applicable field.
Why you’ll love working here:
- Competitive salary packages and bonuses
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Employer paid lunch program (except for remote employees)
- Fully stocked kitchen (snacks and drinks)
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