Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Gremlin as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to enhancing internet reliability by developing Chaos Engineering tools. You will collaborate with a talented team, design and build cutting-edge tools, leverage your expertise to solve complex technical problems impacting major clients, and actively mentor colleagues. This role demands extensive Java software engineering experience, proficiency in Go and systems-level programming, and expertise in cloud technologies and databases. The ideal candidate will champion automated testing and CI/CD best practices. While the role doesn't offer sponsorship, Gremlin values collaboration, results, and a diverse workforce.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional Java software engineering experience
• Experience in Go & Systems Level Programming
• Experience in cloud technologies: e.g AWS, Lambda, Serverless. Experience with other cloud technologies like Google, Oracle also considered
• Experience in DynamoDB and/or other no-sql DB or experience in any major relational databases
• Experience in infrastructure & systems level technologies: e.g., Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Experience in architecting complex distributed systems and integrating with external systems
• Strong advocate and practitioner of automated testing, CI/CD, and engineering best practices

Responsibilities

• Work closely with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to design and build the latest and greatest in Chaos Engineering tooling
• Leverage strong collaboration and communication skills to deliver new features within a remote culture
• Partner with product and other business units to understand business problems and present technical solutions and tradeoffs
• Actively mentor and grow your teammates
• Care deeply about the customer experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Has been on-call and participated in an incident management program
• Familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks & web development practices: e.g., React, TypeScript, etc
• Experience taking features from concept to full production release