Senior Staff Software Engineer, Newfront

• BS, MS or PhD in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience in software development at scale
• Strong Experience building, leading, and architecting large systems at enterprise
• Strong programming and data engineering in one or more backend server languages (Java/Python/Ruby/Go/TypeScript/etc.)
• Experience with web development best practices such as container, docker, continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Proficiency with RDBMS such as MySQL/PostgreSQL
• Ability to effectively communicate with non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to take a thoughtful, pragmatic, and efficient approach to problem-solving
• A track record of leading engineering project teams and working with cross-functional partners to deliver technical solutions that achieve team and organizational goals
• Passion to up-level yourself and those around you through curiosity, mentorship, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment
• Strong background in infrastructure as code and tools like Terraform, cloud platforms, preferably AWS, cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker Awareness, CI/CD pipelines and familiarity with tools like CircleCI, or GitHub Actions
• Strong experience in communication and leadership skills to drive results with a medium to large team

Desirable

• The Platform and Infrastructure team is the core engineering organization sitting at the center of all engineering teams of Newfront
• Its mission is to build a world class platform to serve shared engineering abstractions across different teams and empower other engineers at Newfront to build better
• It is a high-impact org and owns multiple domains such as:
• Cloud Infrastructure on AWS (EKS, RDS, SNS, SQS, Lambda, S3, etc.)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Full observability stack including logging, alerting, monitoring, and on-call management tools
• Developer productivity tools
• Authentication and authorization systems
• Shared platform services such as notifications, search, user management, files storage, etc
• AI / LLM infrastructure and platform to supercharge engineers to build AI / LLM based applications
• Be a technical leader and owner of Platform and Infrastructure Team, working through ambiguity, concept validation and implementing a best-in-class solution
• Identify areas of improvement and drive foundation opportunities for the whole organization to improve Newfront’s infrastructure and overall engineering practice
• Work across the organization to influence and improve the technical excellence of the whole organization
• Maintain, optimize and scale cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, for performance and cost-effectiveness
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery
• Enhance monitoring and alerting practices to proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues
• Improve developer efficiency by automating processes and tasks using scripts and infrastructure as code tools
• Lead design and implementation to improve shared services common abstractions, such as authentication, authorization, search, and notification services, to enhance security, developer productivity and user experience
• Lead AI/LLM infrastructure to drive AI/LLM applications
• Lead operations to ensure smooth running of applications and systems at Newfront
• Collaborate with cross-functional design, product, and data science teams to design and deliver high-quality products and influence outcomes
• Follow data-driven approaches to iterate product features
• Help build out the team and cultivate innovation and growth by driving cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams
• Mentor other engineers across the organization with best practices and be a player/coach of our high-performance team to ensure code quality, commitment to craft and operational excellence
• Expert on industry technology trends in the relevant domain
• Be bold on learning and adopting new technologies that benefit multiple teams
• Being the thought leader for all teams