Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Overview:  As a Staff Software Engineer in our team, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant infrastructure on AWS. You will collaborate with various software engineering teams to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our applications and services. This position requires a strong sense of ownership, technical expertise, and the ability to mentor other engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant infrastructure on AWS using Terraform

• Collaborate with software engineering teams to ensure that applications and services are designed and architected for high availability, reliability, and performance

• Develop and implement monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and mitigate potential issues before they impact users

• Automate deployment, testing, and configuration management using tools like Jenkins

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement disaster recovery plans and procedures

• Participate in incident response and post-mortem activities to identify root causes and prevent future occurrences

• Mentor and train junior SREs on best practices for infrastructure design, implementation, and maintenance

• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement of our infrastructure and processes

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of experience in SRE or DevOps roles, with a focus on AWS

• Strong experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform

• Deep understanding of AWS services such as EC2, ECS, IAM, and VPC, and ability to design and implement highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant architectures using these services

• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, and firewalls

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Java, etc.).

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for mentoring and training junior team members

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team

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