Platform Engineer

Requirements

You should be a talented software developer, able to write clean, efficient, and readable code. You should be skilled at covering your code with unit tests and other automated tests. You are comfortable as a member of a team, able to contribute to and improve a codebase developed by your coworkers. You are a clear and concise communicator, with an ability to discuss ideas with a wide range of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical. You appreciate hearing different points of view and wait to hear others’ point of view before offering your own. You have a pragmatic approach to building systems, see multiple ways of solving problems, and are able to discuss the tradeoffs of each solution. You bring with you a depth and breadth of experience using many different technologies. You are empathetic, self-aware and respect all cultures. You are fun and enlightening to work with, and you have a good work/life balance with hobbies and interests you are happy to share with others.

You are a good fit if:

• You have a degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  

• You have several years of experience building production-quality software infrastructure
  

• You are fluent in Java
  

• You have experience in designing and delivering medium-to-large-scale projects to production
  

• You have a proven track record of delivering large, multi-faceted projects with little guidance
  

• You have experience designing and building RESTful microservices using modern technologies, e.g. Docker and Kubernetes
  

• You have experience working on large-scale, distributed systems
  

• You have experience working with AWS or other cloud-based services
  

• You have experience writing unit tests and other automated tests
  

• You have experience at a rapidly growing startup or with cutting-edge teams at a larger tech company