Pumpkin is hiring a
Software Engineer

Summary

Join Pumpkin, a company that promises uncompromising care to cats & dogs, as a Software Engineer - Engineering Platforms. This role will play a crucial part in revolutionizing pet care by developing cutting-edge software solutions. You will optimize system infrastructure, delivery pipelines, and data structures to contribute directly to the delivery of exceptional pet care through technology.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or related engineering role
• Strong understanding of hosting & optimizing databases like MySQL and/or PostgresQL
• Solid experience working with and building out monitoring platforms like Sentry and Grafana and integrating them with applications built in Python and Javascript
• Hands-on experience managing production environments in Kubernetes and/or Docker and working with infrastructure as code
• Proficient with managing environments in cloud platforms, especially AWS
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product teams, and other stakeholders to drive platform improvements

Responsibilities

• Improve developer experience by streamlining local development environments, onboarding processes, and documentation to boost productivity
• Manage and optimize MySQL/PostgreSQL databases, including scaling, partitioning, resolving lock contention, and ensuring smooth data migrations
• Contribute to improving platform observability, monitoring, and incident response through enhanced dashboards and system status interfaces in Grafana and Sentry
• Assist with the optimization of cloud infrastructure within AWS, ensuring scalability, performance, and high availability of Kubernetes applications
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab to improve release efficiency and consistency across multiple repositories
• Collaborate with application teams to enhance security practices, including secrets management, compliance preparation, and application hardening

Benefits

Remote work option for those outside of a commutable distance of the New York City office