Senior Software Engineer - Backend Developer

About us:

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do:

You are a capable self-starter, self-motivated software engineer, focused in software development methods including Agile/Scrum. You possess experience in and ability for product development, performing production deployment, managing software in production and developing in virtualization environments.   You are familiar with networking & cloud computing concepts. In addition, you have experience with requirements analysis, use case & user story analysis, high- and low-level design, implementation and unit test, system integration test, deployment monitoring, and sustaining product support. 

 

Our team members enjoy working closely with each other using an Agile development methodology. Priorities can change quickly, but our team members are able to stay ahead of timelines to delight every one of our customers whether they are internal or external to Viasat.

 

Travel up to 10%.

The day-to-day:

 

• Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Embracing the DevOps philosophy of product development, in addition to your design development activities, you are also required to provide operational support of the post-production deployment
• Building software packages and deploying / testing them in containerized environments.
• Deployment and Maintenance of AWS Infrastructure.

What you'll need:

• 6+ Years of software development experience with good knowledge of computer science fundamentals
• Working with Database technologies in SQL or NoSQL, preference for experience in Postgres and MySQL
• Development experience in Python or Golang on a Linux platform
• Experience with container creation and orchestration using Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS.
• Broad range of technology interests across different fields including computer and system architecture, web applications, Scalability, performance analysis, distributed systems design, and testing
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, with preference towards AWS
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities. You will be required to communicate both verbally and in written form with remote international teams very frequently
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering or relevant technical background and experience
• Optional – Developer experience in RUST. Not a strict requirement.

What will help you on the job:

• CI/CD and Devops exposure is a strong plus
• Experience in crafting and implementing automated software component and integration tests
• Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD) training or experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Kong
• Prior working experience in a DevOps team is a plus

EEO statement:

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.