Backend Engineer - DevEx Team
ERGO NEXT Insurance · Boston, MA · 1 wk ago
HybridEngineering$163k–$220k/yrFull-time
What You’ll Do
- Shape the Future of SDLC: Take a key leadership role in building our Agentic (AI-based) Software Development Life Cycle, moving beyond automation to a world where AI agents assist in designing, coding, testing, and deploying.
- Bridge Coding & Infrastructure: Apply your deep coding expertise to the world of Platform Engineering, ensuring our IL-based teams are at the forefront of the AI-driven evolution.
- Platform as a Product: Act as the architect and owner of our cloud-only infrastructure, treating the platform as a core product that serves the entire engineering organization.
- Full-Spectrum Engineering: Work across the full spectrum of cloud and applicative infrastructure to solve complex challenges using a wide variety of advanced technologies and cloud services.
- Empower Developers: Identify friction points in the developer experience, then plan and execute strategic projects that improve the day-to-day workflow of our R&D teams.
- Drive Business Value: Partner with the business to understand their needs, ensuring our platform enables fast-paced innovation and delivers tangible value through engineering excellence.
What We Need
- At least 6 years of experience as a Software Developer in a fast-paced cloud oriented organization.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Proven record of initiating, designing, implementing and leading meaningful projects.
- A solid experience with at least one of the following languages: Java / Kotlin / JS / TS / bash / Python.
- Experience with improving development processes and developer experience in general.
- Must be a people person, accessible, be a proficient problem solver, which quickly adapt to new technologies.
- A self-driven engineer with a deep curiosity to research and master AI technologies.
- Understanding in CI/CD methodologies with a hands-on development experience of Jenkins pipelines - a major advantage.
- Solid orientation to Cloud/Infrastructure-As-Code concepts - a major advantage.
- Understanding in Kubernetes & Containers - a major advantage.
- Knowledge in build tools, e.g. Maven/Gradle/npm/nx - an advantage.
- Familiarity with software test methodologies and tools - an advantage.
- Familiarity with observability tools - monitoring, logging, tracing - a major advantage.
- Experience with Internal Developer Portal/Platform and self serve tools (e.g. Backstage) - a major advantage.