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Software Engineer III – Core Platform Infrastructure

Software Engineer III – Core Platform Infrastructure

CompanyBlue Origin
LocationSeattle, WA, USA
Salary$148014 – $207218.55
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Understanding of and experience with modern software development practices
  • Experience in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • Familiarity with ‘infrastructure as code’ and technologies used to achieve this
  • Knowledge of software defined networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, VPNs, etc.)
  • Experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, JavaScript, C, or C++.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in and support the lifecycle of software in the Cloud – from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.
  • Assist in preparing services for production through activities such as system design guidance, developing software platforms and frameworks, scaling, and launch reviews.
  • Contribute to the maintenance of software by monitoring availability, latency, and system health metrics.
  • Support the sustainable scaling of systems through automation, advocating for improvements in reliability and velocity.
  • Engage in sustainable incident response practices and contribute to blameless postmortems.
  • Assist in configuring, deploying, scaling, and administering open source and commercial software solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Terraform and AWS experience
  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
  • API design experience