Offer summary

Qualifications:

In-depth knowledge of AWS services and APIs, Experience maintaining and developing on Jenkins, Proficiency in Docker and networking, Ability to design automation workflows, Strong programming skills in Java and Python.

Key responsabilities:

Enhance CI/CD systems for software releases

Build and maintain automation tools for code quality

Promote standardized release processes for microservices

Manage Jenkins setup, JFrog Artifactory, and GitHub

Follow DevOps, agile, and lean methodologies

Job description

Company Description

Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. Tech giants & unicorns, transformative projects, emerging technologies and limitless opportunities – these are a few words that describe an average day for us. Building cross-functional engineering teams that take ownership and crave more means we’re always on the lookout for talented people who bring passion and creativity to every project. Our culture embraces openness, acts with respect, shows grit & guts and combines employment with enjoyment.

Job Description

Project – the aim you’ll have:

The project focuses on improving and standardizing the CI/CD infrastructure to support the efficient release of software for over 400 microservices. It involves managing a self-hosted Jenkins system, JFrog Artifactory for artifact storage, and GitHub for source code management, all running in AWS. The goal is to automate code quality checks, reduce maintenance efforts, and streamline the deployment process. The team follows DevOps, agile, and lean methodologies, developing the platform as a product with a strong focus on user-centric solutions and collaboration.

Position – how you’ll contribute:

The Platform Engineer role focuses on enhancing CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) systems to enable frequent and seamless software releases. The engineer will build and maintain automation tools for code quality monitoring, including automated testing and static analysis, reducing the maintenance effort of the CI/CD infrastructure. They will collaborate across teams to promote a standardized release process for over 400 microservices. The position involves managing a self-hosted Jenkins setup, artifact storage via JFrog Artifactory, and GitHub for source code management, all running within AWS. This role emphasizes DevOps, agile, and lean principles with a customer-oriented approach.

Qualifications

Expectations – the experience you need:

Hard skills:

In-depth knowledge of Amazon Web Services and interacting with their services and APIs, specifically ECS, EBS, EC2, CloudFormation
Deep understanding and experience of maintaining and developing on Jenkins
In-depth experience with Docker and networking
Experience with designing automation workflows in a release automation environment
Understanding of dependency management
Ability to create and consume rest APIs
Proficiency in Java and Python programming languages

Soft skills:

Pragmatism with an eye on how to simplify complex systems
A product mindset
Ability to drive technical decisions, to explain technical decisions and details at varying levels of abstraction (including other engineers and management)
Be a mentor and share your knowledge with colleagues

Additional skills – the edge you have:

Experience with AWS EKS, AWS EC2 Fargate
Knowledge in Golang, Kotlin or Typescript
Deep understanding of deployment techniques like Blue Green deployment and feature toggles
•Experience implementing release automation with Github Actions