Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Acquia, a leading software company, as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the modernization of our infrastructure. You will design and implement container management solutions using Kubernetes and Docker, develop secure and performant APIs, and build Go-based Kubernetes operators. This role requires collaboration with multiple teams, providing product support, and contributing to system architecture discussions. You will also evaluate new technologies and mentor junior team members. Acquia offers a competitive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, wellness programs, and parental leave.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in design and Software Development Background and over 2 years of experience in working with Containers and Cloud-Native Development
• Proficient with Kubernetes/Swarm architecture with hands-on production experience with container technologies and the tools and challenges around them
• Experience in developing applications using programming languages such as Go, Python, Ruby and shell scripting
• Proficient with object oriented programming and microservices design patterns
• Proficient with service discovery, networking in Kubernetes or equivalent, monitoring, logging, scheduling
• Experience working with AWS services such as - EC2, EBS, ALB, EKS, VPC, S3, WAF etc
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins (preferred), Bamboo, Gitlab
• Experience working with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and Cloudformation
• Experience operating with TCP/IP, load balancing, security and operating production environments
• Strong Knowledge on the network layers, varnish and nginx
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong team collaboration and leadership skills
• Familiarity with Agile processes (Kanban, Scrum, etc.)
• BS in Computer Science (preferred), or a comparable field of study, or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

• Participate in designing and implementing solutions for modernizing Acquia infrastructure and drive adoption of Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Technologies
• Design and implement end-to-end container management solution with Kubernetes, Docker
• Develop secure and performant, world-class modern APIs and Workflows
• Design and develop Go based Kubernetes operators using the kube-builder SDK
• Set up Kubernetes as a platform with enterprise-level reliability, availability, scalability and performance requirements
• Debug technical issues inside a very deep and complex technical stack involving containers, microservices, AWS services across the different layers of a web stack
• Work with other teams in deciding, developing integrations with other subsystems
• Provide product support to internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to system architecture discussions, lead projects, mentor junior team members, and deliver high quality, tested code
• Evaluate new technologies and provide a recommendation to management including planning and execution of proof of concept activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with any CDN such as - CloudFront, CloudFlare etc
• Experience in monitoring and observability with Sumologic/Prometheus/Grafana
• Experience working with helm, ingress, cert-manager, autoscaling, external-dns and logging operator in Kubernetes
• AWS/CKAD professional certification

Benefits

• Competitive healthcare coverage
• Wellness programs
• Take it when you need it time off
• Parental leave
• Recognition programs