Job Description:
The BlueCat Cloud Platform team is responsible for powering all BlueCat SaaS products. Our mission is to deliver BlueCat products on a reliable, fast, globally distributed, and cost-effective enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure. Central to this mission is our API-first strategy, as we fully embrace a product model where APIs are integral to everything we create.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with strong communication, and collaboration abilities to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in cloud-native technologies, with a focus on distributed Kubernetes cluster.
Key Responsibilities:
You’ll contribute toward development of the Horizon Cloud Platform, a large-scale distributed system built by leveraging technologies like Kubernetes, Redis, event-driven message bus systems, modern software architecture (asynchronous Python and Golang), and a plethora of Open Source technologies.
• You’ll design and build high-performance real-time microservices, taking significant ownership of key components of the stack.
• You’ll work primarily with fully asynchronous modern Python and Golang coroutines, but we are strong believers in using the right tool for the job, making use of other languages where it makes sense to in our stack.
• Researches, writes and edits documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
Qualifications:
• 5+ years' experience in software engineering with 3+ years commercial experience in cloud distributed systems and high scale designs with Golang and async Python,
• You are passionate about building great REST APIs (and helping others do the same).
• Experience in cloud technologies like Kubernetes, Redis, Elastic Search, SQL, RabitMQ or equivalent
• Good understanding of public cloud design considerations and limitations in areas of microservice architectures, security, global network infrastructure, distributed systems, and load balancing with strong cloud service trouble-shooting skills.
• Familiarity with data analytics tools Pandas, Polars, OLAP (DuckDb, ClickHouse or similar)
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals and beyond (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
• Experience in AWS (GCP and Azure is a plus)
• Knowledgeable about SDLC, Agile and Software Engineering Methodology
• Team working skills, good communication skills
• Highly desirable Kubernetes Application Develop Certifications (CKAD)
This position offers a salary range of 130,000 - 150,000 CAD per year plus participation in a discretionary bonus plan. Final compensation will be based on skills, experience, and qualifications.
The role is for an existing vacancy.
Skills Required
- 5+ years software engineering experience
- 3+ years commercial experience in cloud distributed systems
- Experience with Golang and async Python
- Knowledge of cloud technologies like Kubernetes and Redis
- Familiarity with data analytics tools Pandas or similar
- Experience with AWS (GCP and Azure is a plus)
- Highly desirable Kubernetes Application Developer Certification (CKAD)
What We Do
BlueCat is the Adaptive DNS™ company. Our mission is to help the world’s largest organizations thrive on network complexity, from the edge to the core. To do this, BlueCat re-imagined DNS. The result – Adaptive DNS™ – is a dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated resource that supports the most challenging digital transformation initiatives, like adoption of hybrid cloud and rapid application development.
