Senior Software Development Engineer

Summary

Join GoDaddy's Control Plane team as a Senior Software Development Engineer to build and orchestrate hosting products. You will design and build key components of a PaaS platform for WordPress, collaborate with various teams, participate in Scrum ceremonies, and contribute to high-visibility projects. The role requires 7+ years in software engineering with a focus on large-scale distributed applications, 5+ years of cloud computing experience (preferably AWS), and expertise in Docker, CDK, and CI/CD technologies. You'll work in a remote setting with occasional office visits. The company offers a range of benefits including paid time off, retirement savings, bonuses, equity grants, health benefits, and parental leave.

Requirements

• 7+ years in software engineering, focusing on large-scale distributed applications or solutions
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go and PHP
• 5+ years of cloud computing experience, preferably with AWS
• Experience with Docker, CDK, and deploying code using CI/CD technologies like GitHub Actions and Jenkins
• Strong skills in writing unit, integration, and smoke tests, as well as automation of processes from build tools to monitoring
• Familiarity with both relational and NoSQL databases and a strong focus on code quality and high development standards

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of designing and building key components of a PaaS platform for running WordPress in a containerized, auto-scaling environment
• Collaborate with engineers from the multiple teams, SREs, product managers, and architects to deliver high-quality solutions
• Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies and work with remote colleagues across the globe
• Contribute to projects with C-suite level visibility and become a part of one of the most heavily invested areas in the organization
• Work on exciting projects like building tooling to migrate 1 million applications, unifying workflows on AWS step functions, and improving the platform's provisioning time, stability, and scalability

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with container orchestration platforms like Nomad or Kubernetes
• Experience with WordPress and AWS services such as S3, API Gateway, Lambda, ECS
• Experience working in agile teams and a continuous drive for learning and improving

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes)
• Bonus/incentive eligibility
• Equity grants
• Participation in our employee stock purchase plan
• Competitive health benefits
• Other family-friendly benefits including parental leave