Job responsibilities
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Develops composable infrastructure systems and capabilities
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Provides operational support of production systems within a you-build-it-you-run-it culture
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts, such as Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in one or more programming language(s), such as Go, Java or Kotlin
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and processes within a technical domain, such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.
- Practical cloud native experience, deploying Kubernetes applications on a cloud service provider, such as Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Cloud
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Expertise in the Kubernetes operator pattern
- Expertise deploying infrastructure as code, using Crossplane, Terraform, or equivalent