Senior Software Engineer - Site Reliability (Federal Operations)
About The Position
Define the Future of Platform Operations: Operate a platform built by 200 engineers with a team of only five people. The necessary tools, APIs, and infrastructure for efficient operation do not yet exist and must be built. Gain Broad, Deep Expertise: The role offers hands-on involvement across the entire product and development stack. Recent examples include: Tracing commercial-side dev infrastructure build pipelines. Designing Continuous Delivery (CD) processes for government deployments that will eventually be used commercially. Improving underlying cloud infrastructure emission processes. Working with application teams to learn about and deploy nearly every product The ideal candidate: Brings a combination of technical depth, problem-solving skills, and leadership experience Navigates ambiguity and works effectively in complex, distributed systems Collaborates across teams and escalates issues when needed to maintain progress Identifies and addresses inefficiencies in workflows and operations Contributes to clarity, accountability, and process improvement Balances individual technical work with big picture system and team needs
Requirements
- Proven ability to maintain 99.99% uptime in production environments
- 7+ years of overall experience, including 6+ years in software development and 3+ years in DevOps practices.
- 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Python or Go, and AWS
- 4+ years of experience working with distributed systems
- Familiarity with Redis, Kafka/PubSub, and relational databases
- Experience in fast-paced or startup-like environments
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across cross-functional teams and divisions
- Ability to ramp up quickly and contribute in complex, large-scale environments
- Demonstrated leadership in incident management and operational reliability
Nice To Haves
- Experience with FedRAMP compliance and government security requirements
- Track record of implementing secure CI/CD pipelines in restricted or regulated environments
Benefits
- certain roles are eligible for a bonus
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
- benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
