Full-Time Senior Cloud Software Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Have ownership mindset and lead software development projects from conception to deployment and support including design, architecture, implementation and monitoring.
• Mentor, guide, be a role model and raise the bar for junior engineers, fostering technical growth within the team.
• Conduct code reviews, ensuring quality standards and best practices are followed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Proactive self-starter in identifying and resolving technical challenges, troubleshooting complex issues.
• Contribute to the overall architecture and technology roadmap.
• Own and deliver projects that include the product or platform and stakeholder teams.
• Identify and design solutions to ambiguous, open-ended problems.
• Deliver the team's goals on time and with high quality.
• Define solutions and operational processes to level up the team.
• Understands the business context and how it intersects with the team's goals.
• Lead ambiguous projects or systems and create clarity for them.
• Consistently write code that is flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years progressive experience.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to foster and effectively work with highly inclusive and diverse teams.
• Strong foundation in software design principles.
• Experience building and working with microservices.
• Expertise in Python or high-level, interpreted, object-oriented programming language.
• Experience building scalable systems using public cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience working with kubernetes, cache systems (e.g. Redis), message queuing systems (e.g. RMQ, Kafka), workflow orchestrators (e.g. Nextflow), storage options and types (NAS, NFS, S3, S3 bucket).
• Experience in building and enhancing continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD).
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies and practices.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Experience working with Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality maintainable code.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex technical projects.
• Deep understanding of the language, tools, libraries, and systems used by the team.
• Experience in designing systems and APIs that are maintainable, debuggable, and observable.
• Ability to decompose problems or business cases into right-sized components.
• Proactive communication with stake holders to create win-win outcomes.

EDUCATION

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