Desired Skills and Experience

  • Developing product expertise in a short time frame.
  • Architecting new solutions or adapting existing ones to optimally run in a cloud-based environment (proper use of VMs and containers, queue-based architectures, services-oriented architectures, etc)
  • Owning the execution and implementation of migration strategies (this will include deployment/provisioning using DevOps tools, data migration, testing, cutover/failover of systems, configuration of monitoring and other production management systems)
  • Overseeing technical quality for the output of small teams of Software Engineers (requirements reviews, architectural reviews, and code reviews)
  • While showing technical leadership you will still be in charge of personally addressing the most technically challenging issues in the project. We count on you as the key technical person, not a people manager!
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
  • Expertise in Amazon Web Services. In particular infrastructure services like AWS Elastic Beanstalk & CloudFormation
  • Experience with Docker and Aurora
  • Expertise in DevOps tools like Puppet or Chef
  • Deep knowledge of network stack and filesystems
  • Solid experience with the networking, performance, security and operational aspects of the AWS environment
  • Proficient in modern architecture stacks, SOA, relational DBs, stateless API, etc
  • Excellent understanding of current enterprise software technologies and development practices/tools, including virtual environments, source control, remote development, issue tracking, build and test automation, and networking management
  • A true “roll up the sleeves and get it done” working approach; demonstrated success as a problem solver, operating as a result-oriented, self-starter
  • Comfort “working virtually” with teammates and customers around the world. We do a lot of Skype and video conferencing