Staff Engineer, DevOps

As a Staff Engineer:

• You contribute meaningfully to the success of one or more projects or products, helping drive positive outcomes.

• You demonstrate proficiency and specialized skill in one or more key technologies relevant to the team’s goals.

• You accurately scope, estimate, design, and deliver medium-to-large features while actively reducing technical debt across projects or products.

• You proactively support and collaborate with team members, fostering a positive and productive team environment.

• You adhere to established team processes, ensuring a steady and reliable delivery of features to production.

These are the types of things you’ll be working on 

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with teammates, external teams, and client stakeholders to ensure quality considerations are integrated at every stage of the SDLC. 

• Test Planning and Design: Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and relevant documentation that align with software specifications and user requirements to ensure thorough testing of features and functionalities.

• Bug Tracking and Resolution: Utilize bug-tracking tools to document, prioritize, and track defects. Facilitate communication across teams to ensure timely and effective issue resolution.

• Quality Metrics and Standards: Establish and enforce standards and best practices. Track metrics to assess the quality of the software throughout the SDLC.

• Automate Testing Processes: Focus on increasing test coverage, speed, and accuracy to support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

• Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and recommend new QA tools, frameworks, and techniques, driving innovation and staying up-to-date with industry trends and best practices

• Compliance and Regulatory Adherence: Ensure testing procedures comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements, preparing documentation for audit purposes.

• Performance and Security Testing: Implement and conduct performance and security testing following best practices and business requirements.

•  Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerization technologies, and Infrastructure as Code tools in alignment with DevSecOps principles to streamline the deployment and management of microservices and APIs on AWS.
• Develop and deploy monitoring, logging, and performance optimization tools to ensure observability and resilience of microservices and APIs, while adhering to DevSecOps standards.
• Participate in regular security reviews, risk assessments, and vulnerability management activities to proactively identify and remediate potential threats within the microservices, APIs, and AWS infrastructure.
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of security, compliance, and governance policies within the AWS environment to ensure adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Manage microservices-based architecture and orchestration using container technologies.
• Collaborate with software development teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues and outages.
• Ensure the availability, performance, security, and scalability of applications.
• Implement and maintain industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide system support.
• Document processes and monitor system logs and activity for potential issues
• Develop, test, and maintain high-quality software applications across both frontend and backend technologies, ensuring functionality, scalability, and performance
• Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to define and refine requirements, and to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business needs
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, contributing expertise and providing guidance to help drive the selection of appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools
• Write clean, well-structured, and maintainable code, adhering to established coding standards and best practices
• Perform thorough code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and identifying potential risks or areas for improvement
• Debug and resolve software defects, proactively identifying and addressing potential issues before they impact users
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including software architecture diagrams, API specifications, and user guides
• Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, such as stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across the team
• Continuously evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and tools, helping to drive innovation and keep the team up-to-date with industry trends
• Assist in the estimation, prioritization, and planning of development tasks, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Engage in ongoing professional development to stay current with industry best practices, and share knowledge and insights with the team as appropriate