Software Engineer, Automation
Remote
RemoteFull TimeSmall
Full TimeSmall
Job Summary
Contribute features, bug fixes, and improvements to the in-house distributed workflow automation platform built in Rust, while authoring Ansible and Python workflows to support infrastructure and service delivery teams. Partner with stakeholder teams to translate manual processes into reliable automation, and build custom APIs to connect tools across the internal and third-party stacks. Improve developer experience for other teams and collaborate across the organization on varied operational tasks. This full-time remote role is based in North America, reporting to the VP of Cloud Development & Engineering.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent related work experience required.
- 2+ years of software development experience, including Python.
- Experience with a common automation or configuration management platform (such as Ansible, Salt, Terraform, or similar).
- Experience designing or consuming RESTful and/or gRPC APIs.
- Comfort with data interchange formats such as JSON and YAML.
- Experience using Git in a distributed, multi-developer environment.
- Familiarity with containerized applications.
- Working knowledge of Linux.
- Must be legally eligible to work in North America without visa sponsorship.
Desired Qualifications
- Relevant technical certifications (e.g., cloud, Kubernetes, automation) preferred.
- Experience with a systems language such as Rust, Go, or C/C++.
- Experience writing automation with Ansible (playbooks and/or modules).
- Familiarity with workflow/orchestration platforms and the workflow/task authoring model.
- VMware/vSphere automation experience.
- Infrastructure-as-code experience.
- Kubernetes experience.
- PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Experience using AI/LLMs to assist with software development.
- Experience contributing to open-source projects and communities.
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