Software Engineer

Summary

Join Cognigy as a DevEx Engineer and play a key role in enhancing the development experience for our engineering organization. You will build and optimize internal tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and developer workflows, ensuring secure and efficient software delivery. Collaborate with various teams, including Engineering, SRE, Security, and QA, to improve product quality and operational excellence. This pivotal role involves implementing automated solutions for security and compliance, standardizing development environments, and improving monitoring and observability. You will also mentor junior engineers and participate in architecture and security discussions with customers. Cognigy offers significant opportunities for career development and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, preferably in a platform or DevOps role
• Deep experience with Kubernetes , Helm , Terraform , and modern infrastructure-as-code practices
• Proficiency in backend development using TypeScript/Node.js , Python, or Golang
• Strong Linux terminal skills and experience with container debugging
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and pipeline optimization techniques
• Experience with security and compliance tooling like Snyk , Vanta , or equivalent
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS preferred)
• Proven ability to collaborate, mentor, and lead process improvements across engineering teams
• Observability expertise (Grafana, Sentry, Kibana) and a systems-thinking mindset
• Comfortable making architectural decisions and owning secure, reliable developer infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Empower Developers – Build internal tooling and workflows that boost productivity and satisfaction
• CI/CD Optimization – Enhance performance across pipelines (e.g., caching, parallelization, resource usage)
• Security & Compliance – Implement automated solutions (e.g., Vanta, Snyk) to enforce secure software delivery practices
• Dev Environment Standardization – Ensure scalable and reproducible environments using Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform
• Monitoring & Observability – Improve logging, alerting, and insight generation using Grafana, Kibana, and Sentry
• Infrastructure Ownership – Design secure, scalable automation solutions and lead platform-level architectural improvements
• Collaboration & Mentorship – Partner with SRE/Core teams and support junior engineers with knowledge sharing
• Operational Excellence – Proactively propose and lead cross-team improvements to drive engineering success
• Developer Lifecycle Management – Manage onboarding/offboarding tooling and access provisioning securely
• Customer Engagement – Participate in architecture/security discussions with customers when needed

Benefits

• Attractive and performance-oriented salary
• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days paid leave, plus 5 floating days, plus public holidays
• Unique opportunity to help build and shape the company, with little hierarchy
• Flexible working options
• Colleague recognition, reward and celebration events
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• ClassPass membership, giving you access to a variety of fitness and wellness experiences
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including Udemy
• One paid ‘Giving Back Day' each year, so you can volunteer for a charity or community activity of your choice
• Subscription to the Calm app for you plus five friends/family members, giving you access to guided meditation, sleep stories, music, masterclasses, and much more