Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure Automation)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure Automation): Building and optimizing platform for large-scale infrastructure automation, focusing on deployment speed and efficiency for data centers. Focus on automating server and networking installations, accurate asset tracking, and improving system resilience and scalability under heavy traffic.

Location: Hybrid (Reno, Nevada, US)

Salary: $168,000 - $206,000 (annual, Reno based hires)

Company

hirify.global is a large-scale technology company on a mission to help build a better internet by protecting and accelerating millions of websites and internet properties globally.

What you will do

• Build and develop the platform for hirify.global's infrastructure automation.
• Automate infrastructure installations and decommissions at scale.
• Enable Data Centre Engineering teams to efficiently install and replace hardware without impacting services.
• Provide ongoing operational support for Data Center Engineers and other teams.
• Review upcoming hardware changes and update automation and configuration management.
• Nurture a passion for an “automate everything” approach that makes systems failure-resistant and ready-to-scale.

Requirements

• Confidence to work in multiple programming languages, with Python, Go, and/or Rust experience.
• 5 years of relevant development experience.
• Strong skills in network services, including Rest APIs and HTTP.
• Linux systems administration experience.
• Knowledge of Linux, Hardware, and Networking concepts.
• Must be able to work in Reno, Nevada.
• Must have US work authorization.

Nice to have

• Strong systems level programming skills and debugging experience.
• Experience with continuous integration workflow and using source control (git).
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Tooling and automation development experience.
• Network fundamentals (DHCP, ARP, subnetting, routing, firewalls, IPv6).
• Configuration management systems such as Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
• SQL databases (Postgres or MySQL) and Time series databases (OpenTSDB, Graphite, Prometheus).
• Ability to understand and visualize service and device metrics using Grafana.
• Experience with continuous / rapid release engineering.
• Experience developing highly available and redundant systems across regions.
• Performance analysis and debugging with tools like perf, sar, strace, dtrace.
• Experience with the Linux kernel and Linux software packaging.
• Internetworking and BGP experience.
• Key/Value stores (Redis, KyotoTycoon, Cassandra, LevelDB) and load balancing/reverse proxies (Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache).

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Employee Stock Participation Plan.
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, on-demand mental health support, and Employee Assistance Program.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and protecting the free and open Internet through initiatives like Project Galileo and the Athenian Project.
• Support for professional development and learning new skills.