Software Engineer II

Summary

Join HashiCorp's Foundations Engineering team as a Software Engineer II and contribute to the reliability and performance of the HCP Terraform hosted service. You will develop and maintain backend services, improve the product using Ruby on Rails and Golang, investigate performance issues, and mentor teammates. This 100% remote role requires 3+ years of experience in backend applications, databases, and Go services, along with experience building scalable systems. Preferred qualifications include strong communication, a willingness to learn, and experience with application and infrastructure security. HashiCorp offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Requirements

• Have 3+ years of production experience working on any of the following: Backend applications (e.g., Ruby on Rails), Databases (e.g., Postgres, Redis), Services written in Go
• Strive for quality through maintainable code and comprehensive testing from development to deployment
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the backend services on which HCP Terraform relies
• Continuously improve the product by writing code in systems written in Ruby on Rails and Golang
• Investigate problems, performance bottlenecks, and orchestration issues which span multiple services
• Enable your teammates through technical mentorship, code reviews, and pairing
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation that supports our production services

Preferred Qualifications

• Communicate clearly while remaining empathetic and kind
• Have an eagerness to learn through humility and reflection
• Have experience debugging performance bottlenecks for live services and systems
• Are familiar with best practices for application and infrastructure security