The Senior Software Engineer (DevOps) is responsible for subsystems of a project. They are expected to lead epics/initiatives, mentor more junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions.

They design and develop high-quality, scalable, and innovative software solutions in a SaaS environment, utilizing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, and ensuring they meet the current and future needs of the business and its customers

What You'll Do :

Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Provides technical leadership in project teams, mentors and

guides more junior engineers, and contributes to technical decision-making.

Performance Optimization: Focuses on designing systems for high performance, scalability, and reliability

Stakeholder Engagement: Works with stakeholders, including product managers, designers, developers, and executives, to align architectural designs with business needs and customer expectations.

Proficient Software Development: Designs, develops, and maintains sophisticated software solutions, ensuring they are efficient, scalable, and meet business requirements with architectural excellence.

Code Quality and Optimization: Upholds and enhances code quality through rigorous review processes, optimization techniques, and adherence to best practices.

Technical Problem Solving: Tackles complex technical challenges, employing a problem-solving approach with innovative solutions.

Collaboration and Communication: Works effectively within the engineering team and cross-functional teams, collaborating with other engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders, contributing to project planning and execution.

Continuous Learning and Adaptation: Stays updated with the latest technology trends and advancements, continually enhancing skills and knowledge, bringing innovative ideas to the team

Technical Documentation: Creates and maintains comprehensive technical documentation, ensuring clarity and accessibility of information.

Who You Are :

- 7 to 10+ years of relevant experience in software development, with a focus on SaaS or cloud-based applications.

- Experience in leading or playing key roles in significant software projects, showing an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

- Skilled in planning and implementing features and aligning backend architecture with front-end design and user experience

- Proficiency in containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and proficiency in creating, deploying, and managing containers

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI) for automated testing and deployment of microservices

- Proficient in designing and architecting microservices systems, including advanced concepts like distributed data management and event-driven architectures.

- Expertise in implementing complex microservices, advanced use of containerization and orchestration, and setting up CI/CD pipelines for microservices.

- Knowledge of system architecture, design patterns, and best practices in software development

- Strong skills with designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and practices.

- Strong skills with cloud-based data storage, such as: Relational Databases, NoSQL Stores, data caches, etc.

- Excellent analytical abilities and problem-solving skills, capable of addressing complex technical challenges

- Ability to adapt to new technologies and methodologies, and a mindset geared towards innovation and continuous improvement.

- Excellent effective communication and teamwork skills, essential for collaborating effectively in a dynamic and collaborative environment with various stakeholders and team members, especially from architectural perspectives.

- Excellent skills in programming languages and frameworks commonly used in SaaS development. In particular, Java/Kotlin, Python, C#, as well as a deep understanding of software engineering principles.

- Strong skills in designing and developing RESTful APIs, understanding of HTTP/HTTPS protocols, and proficiency in API documentation.

- Familiarity with server management, network configurations, and an understanding of cloud services (like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

- Understanding of how to design and develop from a Security Perspective

- Knowledge of various stages of the SDLC, including design, development, testing, and deployment

Even Better If You Have :

- Involvement in developing, maintaining and monitoring large-scale, high-availability software systems.

- Experience leveraging observability systems (logging, metrics, traces) to monitor and debug production subsystems and generate business level metrics.

- Experience selecting and extending 3rd party components (commercial or open source) that provide operational leverage.

- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on a well-maintained testing pyramid.

- Experience using feature or release toggles as a code branching strategy

- Experience with Contract-first designing and negotiating with other systems

- Contribute to technical documentation

DISCO's Technology Stack :

Cloud Provider - AWS: EC2, Lambda, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB, ECS, EKS, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, S3,

CloudFront, CloudFormation, KMS, CodePipeline, etc.

CI/CD: Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, CodeDeploy, GitHub, Artifactory, HashiCorp Consul

Observability: ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, DataDog, New Relic, Sentry.io

Programming Languages: Python, Bash, Kotlin