Principal Software Engineer, ABBYY

• You’ll need to bring strong technical judgment, good communication, and a mindset for solving real problems
• 10+ years in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure roles, including time in senior or lead positions
• Strong Linux background and experience managing large-scale systems
• Experience automating deployments and operational tasks
• Strong skills in debugging distributed systems and understanding infrastructure failures
• Hands-on experience with on-prem enterprise software delivery and support
• Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell, etc.)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and container-based systems
• Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
• Experience with packaging and delivery systems (MSI, RPM, Docker images)
• Familiarity with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar infrastructure-as-code tools

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Principal DevOps and Cloud Deployment Engineer to lead how we build, deploy, and support ABBYY Vantage in on-prem environments
• This role combines infrastructure, automation, and cloud deployment skills to deliver a system that’s reliable, secure, and easy to manage for enterprise customers
• This is more than just writing scripts or managing servers
• Your work will shape how customers deploy and operate our product, especially in complex setups
• Design and improve how ABBYY Vantage is deployed and managed in on-prem environments, with a focus on making the process smoother, faster, and safer
• Build tools and write scripts to remove manual work from installs, upgrades, and maintenance, helping the team move faster with fewer mistakes
• Work across the stack to solve hard problems, from debugging service failures to sorting out tricky network issues
• Partner with engineers and product teams to reduce complexity and make deployments and upgrades more predictable and easier to support
• Add the right logging, monitoring, and diagnostics to make the system easier to operate and support in the field
• Help guide infrastructure decisions, tool selection, and how we apply DevOps practices to keep our systems healthy and maintainable
• Support the growth of others by sharing knowledge, mentoring teammates, and pushing for better ways of working