On a typical day, youll:
Work in the Engineering Enablement & Experience team. Were a small unit in the CTO office with a combo of senior and junior engineers and an unreasonable drive for excellence.
Engage deeply with various engineering teams to identify pain points, gather requirements, and understand the nuances of their workflows. This will be done via embedding into the team and working with them on engineering outcomes.
Lead initiatives to automate and streamline developer onboarding and environment setup.
Enhance CI/CD, focusing on usability, reliability, and efficiency.
Proactively participate in new project planning, identifying common challenges, and fostering communication between teams.
Drive Go and Python-based tool development and integration, leveraging your expertise to improve developer tooling.
Mentor other developers within the team and across the entire R&D organization both formally and informally.
Develop and refine comprehensive documentation and testing strategies.
You are an expert (5 years minimum) in backend development, preferably Python or Go.
You have significant experience in cloud infrastructure and developer tooling.
You have hands-on experience in Terraform, K8s, and Helm. You know enough about it to have opinions on best practices. You are capable of architecting scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-based solutions.
Experience with non-developer roles related to R&D, such as a background in QA, SRE, SE, or classic DevOps roles, is a big plus for us.
You want to do hands-on work, and can quickly zoom in and out without getting whiplash. You like your team owning the things you build.
You want to work on both critical brownfields and innovative greenfields.
You get developers; your experience extends beyond coding skills to encompass a deep understanding of the sociotechnical aspects of engineering work. Team leadership, staff engineering, or architecture experience is a strong indicator of whats needed for this role.
You are adept at leading without formal authority, influencing change, and driving improvements across the organization.
Your strong technical communication skills enable effective collaboration within and across teams.
You are energetic and enthusiastic, specifically about getting better. You want to get better at getting better.