Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer

About the role

Work as part of a small, cross functional XP team installing Imogen into client cloud environments partnering with client infosec, infrastructure, and IT teams. Pair program with other engineers and collaborate closely with other roles such as product managers and designers. Lead and collaborate on technical discovery efforts for existing customer systems cloud infrastructure and adapt Imogen to their public cloud estate. Adapt XP engineering practices such as pair programming, test-driven development, refactoring, continuous integration and continuous delivery. Help onboard client and/or partner developers and/or new Mechanical Orchard team members with practices and techniques. Continuously learn about relevant emerging technologies or practices and foster the growth of the organization through mentorship, tech talks, and other means.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a small, cross functional XP team installing Imogen into client cloud environments partnering with client infosec, infrastructure, and IT teams.
• Pair program with other engineers and collaborate closely with other roles such as product managers and designers.
• Lead and collaborate on technical discovery efforts for existing customer systems cloud infrastructure and adapt Imogen to their public cloud estate.
• Adapt XP engineering practices such as pair programming, test-driven development, refactoring, continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Help onboard client and/or partner developers and/or new Mechanical Orchard team members with practices and techniques.
• Continuously learn about relevant emerging technologies or practices and foster the growth of the organization through mentorship, tech talks, and other means.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications: Experience as a consultant, managing infrastructure, leveraging IaC as a software professional, working within a team environment, with exposure or demonstrated passion for XP practices such as pair programming and automation. Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software/Computer Engineering, or a related field or possess equivalent foundational experience such as completion of a coding bootcamp or similar technical training. Strategic thinking, technical skills, attention to detail, ability to learn new software and technologies quickly, strong communication and collaboration skills, and empathy are essential for working closely with the development team, customers, and others at Mechanical Orchard. Comfortable with pair programming, Mechanical Orchard’s default mode of working together.
• Preferred Qualifications: Comfortable working with external customers and troubleshooting issues with customer network, infosec, and support teams. Comfortable building and deploying to cloud infrastructure, and have experience in at least one infrastructure as code tool and public cloud provider. Experience developing a platform as a service product. Experience with some of the following technologies: Infrastructure as code automation tooling like Terraform, Deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes with Helm, Docker and/or Nix for building images and packages, Building infrastructure scripts and CLI tools using bash, Go or a similar language.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software/Computer Engineering, or a related field or equivalent foundational experience. Experience as a consultant, managing infrastructure, leveraging IaC as a software professional, working within a team environment, with exposure or demonstrated passion for XP practices such as pair programming and automation. Strategic thinking, technical skills, attention to detail, ability to learn new software and technologies quickly, strong communication and collaboration skills, and empathy are essential for working closely with the development team, customers, and others at Mechanical Orchard. Comfortable with pair programming, Mechanical Orchard’s default mode of working together.
• Preferred Qualifications: Completion of a coding bootcamp or similar technical training. Experience developing a platform as a service product. Experience with some of the following technologies: Infrastructure as code automation tooling like Terraform, Deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes with Helm, Docker and/or Nix for building images and packages, Building infrastructure scripts and CLI tools using bash, Go or a similar language. Comfortable working with external customers and troubleshooting issues with customer network, infosec, and support teams. Comfortable building and deploying to cloud infrastructure, and have experience in at least one infrastructure as code tool and public cloud provider.

Skills

• Experience as a consultant, managing infrastructure, leveraging IaC as a software professional, working within a team environment, with exposure or demonstrated passion for XP practices such as pair programming and automation.
• Strategic thinking, technical skills, attention to detail, ability to learn new software and technologies quickly, strong communication and collaboration skills, and empathy.
• Completion of a coding bootcamp or similar technical training.
• Experience developing a platform as a service product.
• Experience with some of the following technologies: Infrastructure as code automation tooling like Terraform, Deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes with Helm, Docker and/or Nix for building images and packages, Building infrastructure scripts and CLI tools using bash, Go or a similar language.
• Comfortable working with external customers and troubleshooting issues with customer network, infosec, and support teams.
• Comfortable building and deploying to cloud infrastructure, and have experience in at least one infrastructure as code tool and public cloud provider.

Benefits

• Do the right thing. Do what works. Be kind.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

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Company Culture

We believe in the durable principles behind Agile, and embrace the power of cross-functional teams, collective ownership, test driven development, short feedback loops, and continuous improvement. We're bringing joy to beleaguered IT teams everywhere. Together, we're seeing how applying craft, expertise, and technologies we're building can fundamentally transform the way companies operate, innovate, and win.

Our Values

• Do the right thing.
• Do what works.
• Be kind.