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As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertize in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.
Senior Engineer – Managed Containers
We are looking for a Senior Engineer – Managed Containerswith strong platform engineering experience in designing, developing, and operating cloud-native applications and microservices on Kubernetes-based platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about building scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native solutions and has hands-on experience with modern application frameworks, Kubernetes, automation, and DevOps practices.
Required Skills
Strong software development experience with Java/Kotlinand frameworks such as Micronautor Spring Boot
Experience with Go (Golang)and/or Groovy/Ratpackis a plus.
Strong understanding of microservicesarchitecture, API design, and distributed systems.
Experience implementing GitOpspractices using tools such as Argo CDor Flux
Experience building andmaintainingCI/CD pipelinesand modern software delivery practices.
Hands-on experience developing, deploying, andoperatingapplications on Kubernetes
Experience with caching technologiesand SQL databases
Experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP); experience with AWS or Azure is also valued.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)and Kubernetes deployment tools, including Terraform, Helm, and/or Kustomize
Experience with observability solutions, including metrics, logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing
Strong problem-solving skills withexperiencetroubleshooting production applications and distributed systems.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, andmaintainscalable cloud-native applications and platform services.
Build, deploy, andoperatecontainerized workloads on Kubernetes platforms.
Develop APIs and microservices using Java, Kotlin, and/orGo
Implement and supportGitOps-based deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
Troubleshoot and resolve application and platform issues in production environments.
Improve application reliability, observability, performance, and scalability.
Contribute to infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native tooling.
Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions.
Follow engineering best practices for security, resiliency, automation, and operational excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ yearsof experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
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