Rackspace Technology is hiring a
Senior Java Developer Cloud Engineer

Summary

Join Rackspace Technology as a Cloud Engineer to design, automate, and deploy services on behalf of customers to the cloud, leveraging infrastructure-as-code and emerging technologies.

Requirements

• Experience developing software in GCP, AWS, or Azure
• 5+ yrs experience developing applications in Java
• 3+ years required with at least one other programming language such as Node.js , Scala, Python, Go, C#, Typescript, Ruby
• Experience with relational databases, including designing complex schemas and queries
• Experience developing within distributed systems or a microservice based architecture
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for documenting workflows, tools, or complex areas of a codebase
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and multi-task efficiently
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• 3+ years of experience as a technical specialist in Customer-facing roles
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Responsibilities

• Create well-designed, documented, and tested software features that meet customer requirements
• Identify and address product bugs, deficiencies, and performance bottlenecks
• Participate in an agile delivery team, helping to ensure the technical quality of the features delivered across the team, including documentation, testing strategies, and code
• Help determine technical feasibility and solutions for business requirements
• Remain up-to-date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projects
• Leverage technical knowledge to cut scope while maintaining or achieving the overall goals of the product
• Leverage technical knowledge to improve the quality and efficiency of product applications and tools
• Willingness to travel to client locations and deliver professional services

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GCP
• Building applications using Container and serverless technologies
• Cloud Certifications
• Good exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration and automated deployment
• Exposure to Continuous Integration (CI) tools (e.g. Jenkins)
• Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems
• Experience working directly with customers, partners or third-party developers