Software Engineer | DevOps

Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure.

The Software Platform team’s purpose is to empower software engineers, reduce unnecessary blockers, and increase our velocity to create exceptional products. They do this by making software effortless to build, deploy, and manage. Using automation, shared libraries, and DevOps tools, they solve the common software problems so other engineers can focus on Gecko’s unique challenges.

This role will specifically focus on leveling up our cloud architecture and automation, empowering engineers to manage and own their own deployments without needing extensive cloud expertise. We are looking for someone to become the primary owner of Gecko’s Cloud, supported by the rest of the team.

Primary owner of Gecko’s Cloud, discovering and designing solutions for a well-architected cloud

• Operational excellence (i.e. observability)

• Security, privacy, and compliance

• Reliability

• Cost optimization

• Performance optimization

Contribute significantly to the Software Platform team’s other work

• Smooth, intuitive, automated CI/CD

• Customer authentication

• Permission management

• DevOps Tool management and optimization

• Optimizing the local development experience

• Effective onboarding and internal training

• Enable new business for Gecko by architecting solutions to achieve necessary certifications (e.g. DoD IL4/5)

We use a variety of technologies, but we primarily operate using Python, React, and Typescript with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our primary cloud provider. Our cloud architecture is primarily serverless, stateless, and event-driven. This is a non-exhaustive list and we are tech agnostic in our interview process, so we encourage you to apply regardless of your background.

Required Skills 

• Previous experience in a DevOps role

• Strong automation/scripting skills

• Previous experience with one or more cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.)

• Previous experience with Terraform

• Previous experience with cloud automation, CI/CD, and Docker

• Proficiency with Linux and command line tools

• Experience in developing and maintaining technical documentation and procedures

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

• Ability to work both independently and with cross-functional teams

Preferred Skills

• Python

• Experience working with the US Government (DoD specifically)

• GCP specific experience

At Gecko, our people are our greatest investment. In addition to competitive compensation packages, we offer company equity, 401(k) matching, gender-neutral parental leave, full medical, dental, and vision insurance, mental health and wellness support, ongoing professional development, family planning assistance, and flexible paid time off. 

Gecko values collaboration, innovation, and partnership, and we believe we do our best work when we're together in person. We’re an office-first culture but understand that sometimes you may need to work from home. Many people are in the office five days a week, others need a bit more flexibility. Ultimately, we care about the outcomes we achieve - and creating a culture of autonomy and trust that enables that impact.

Gecko is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission to protect today’s infrastructure and give form to tomorrow’s. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our critical mission, we’d love to hear from you.