Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Acquia's AI Services team as a Staff Software Engineer to build Application and APIs around AI, leveraging innovation, collaboration, and an agile mindset.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Experience working with Python, Java and SQL
• 1+ years of experience working with artificial intelligence
• Experience writing and consuming REST APIs
• Experience managing applications in a kubernetes environment
• Experience with Git
• Experience working with any cloud platform AWS/ Azure/ GCP
• Experience working with CI/CD tools (i.e. Jenkins)
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly and become productive in their use
• Working knowledge of software design principles and programming languages and frameworks in use
• Strong knowledge of software development security principles, concepts and best practices
• Strong understanding of software architecture and the tradeoffs between different architectural patterns

Responsibilities

• Work with Product, Engineering and Architecture teams to gather requirements and identify opportunities to add value by extending existing AI services or building new ones
• Draft RFCs and propose solution design. Lead discussions with other stakeholders to get reviews, reach a consensus and approvals
• Break complex problems in smaller manageable units. Contribute in coding, PR reviews, documentation, and automated tests that deliver on Sprint goals
• Ensure compliance requirements, CICD, coding, operations, security best practices are followed
• Participate in experimentation and prototype building in a collaborative environment, iterating on concepts based on feedback
• Contribute as needed to the core architectural platform and libraries used by all teams in the interest of the stability, robustness, cost effectiveness, and performance of consuming applications and services
• Work with Engineering leadership to design and document a technical vision for the team that will produce stable, competitive products in the marketplace
• Encourage a culture of observability by ensuring logging and monitoring of applications and services is being configured appropriately to provide visibility into system performance consistent with SLIs/SLOs/SLAs and enable effective troubleshooting
• Address security vulnerabilities as needed
• Work with your team to understand and implement R&D Standards
• Mentor and train other team members on important technical topics through team meetings, pair programming, lunch 'n learns, etc. as needed
• Collaborate with the architecture team to ensure the platform we are building is consistent with the overarching architectural goals at Acquia
• Ensure software systems comply with contractual RTO and RPO requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Snowflake
• Experience writing SaaS applications in a distributed microservice ecosystem
• Experience working with Elasticsearch or other NoSQL data stores
• Experience with PHP and Drupal
• Experience working with Gradle

Benefits

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