Senior Software Engineer, Cloud
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ExtraHopCybersecurity software
Remote (US)Full-TimeSenior
Salary$160,000 - $180,000 + bonus + benefits
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Job Details
- Experience
- 6–8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant focus on cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonKubernetesGoPrometheusCI/CDTerraformHelmDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6–8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant focus on cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Ability to independently design, build, and operate production-grade systems at scale.
- Proficiency in Go, Python, or similar languages, with experience building distributed services.
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tools Terraform and Helm.
- Strong experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, and IAM, designing and operating systems in production.
- Experience owning systems, including on-call, incident response, and long-term reliability improvements.
- Expertise in cloud security best practices, including identity, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience designing and scaling high-availability distributed systems with automated failover and self-healing capabilities.
- Knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
- Experience with event-driven architectures and microservices.
- Familiarity with HashiCorp tools Vault, Consul, and Packer.
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture, development, and operation of scalable, secure, fault-tolerant cloud services.
- Drive technical design and architectural decisions for distributed systems and platform evolution.
- Lead complex initiatives from design through deployment and ongoing optimization.
- Build and scale cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes.
- Embed secure design principles, IAM controls, encryption, and compliance practices into the platform.
- Improve observability and operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to define solutions and resolve system-level challenges.
- Mentor and guide engineers through technical direction, code reviews, and skill development.
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