Senior Software Engineer, Pantheon
Release Engineering
CA$110-150k
+ Equity
More information about location
Website operations platform
Job no longer available
Website operations platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
CA$110-150k
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the web a first-class platform that delivers results, one that empowers marketing and development teams to take control of their websites.
Role
Who you are
- You are a clear communicator, able to represent your contributions and ideas with clarity while remaining open and giving space to the contributions and ideas of others
- You uphold integrity and accountability, ensuring trustworthiness in all of your daily work and interactions
- You have empathy towards engineers in the field, understanding their challenges and needs around deploying their software
- You have an unparalleled drive, willingness to dive deep into challenges, persistently push work to completion, and maintain a thirst for continuous learning
- You are security focused, always working towards PoLP and have experience with a secrets management systems (we primarily use Vault and Google Secrets Manager)
- You have proven experience with the design, implementation, and maintenance of JWTs and PKI systems and possess a strong understanding of mTLS for securing mutually authenticated communications
- You enjoy and have experience programming primarily in Go (we also use Python & Bash)
- You are highly skilled with containers, container orchestration systems, the k8s ecosystem, and serverless methodologies (primarily Knative/Google Cloud Run)
- You are passionate about Test-Driven Development and have experience writing unit tests or integration tests
- You are skilled with a large cloud service provider like GCP, AWS, or Azure (Preference for GCP as our primary CSP)
- You have extensive experience with CI and build systems (CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Build)
- You have a strong understanding of k8s operator development (Nice to have)
What the job involves
- Pantheon is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Release Engineering (RelEng) team. The RelEng team focuses domain expertise on the build and delivery of our software and systems to include (but not limited to):
- Advanced global-scale implementations of systems utilizing the latest in Google Cloud platform offerings
- Collaborating with Engineering teams to define and implement standardized, consistent, and efficient methods for software deployment processes and tools
- Tackling a wide range of challenges in Infrastructure as Code deployment, secrets management, artifact/container registries, authN/authZ for services in k8s and Google Cloud Run
- Conducting Proof of Concepts on relevant tools and technologies as it relates to the RelEng discipline (E.g. b/g/c deployments, feature flagging, metrics based rollouts/rollbacks, and test fixtures)
- Hosting Lunch & Learn sessions to showcase and garner feedback on your awesome work
- Participating in projects related to ephemeral environments for sandbox and pre-production
- Helping identify and improve points of friction in Engineering teams’ deployment workflows
- Supporting Pantheon as a member of the on-call engineer rotation, contributing to the stability, reliability and performance of the infrastructure that drives Pantheon's success
- Specifically, our team imparts significant business value to the organization by:
- Improving the developer experience, thereby reducing cognitive load, empowering teams to operate efficiently, and releasing changes with increased frequency and safety resulting in minimized downtime
- Prioritizing developer satisfaction through evidence-based automated feedback mechanisms
- Hastening our delivery timelines, ensuring swift market entry
- Achieving optimal resource allocation and financial efficiency through the adoption of standardized release methodologies and tools
- Engaging proactively with Engineering teams through consultations, collaboration on tool integrations, sharing best practices, and regular interactions to ensure we’re continually aligned with evolving needs, existing gaps, and expectations while fostering a culture of continuous learning
Our take
In today's digital landscape, website hosting is a critical component for businesses, and the demand for fast, reliable, and scalable hosting platforms is higher than ever. The competition is fierce, with major players like GoDaddy, Ionos, AWS, and WP Engine dominating the space.
One standout in this crowded market is Pantheon, a leading WebOps platform designed to deliver high-performance hosting for content-driven websites. Pantheon's unique value lies in its ability to provide seamless collaboration between developers and marketers while ensuring fast, reliable website performance. It's a platform that goes beyond traditional hosting by offering powerful tools for managing websites and scaling them as needed - making it a go-to choice for many organisations.
Pantheon has continuously innovated to stay ahead of the competition, with significant investments driving its growth. Initially focused on hosting solutions for WordPress and Drupal websites, it now offers content management as a service. This expansion was bolstered by significant funding, fueling further product development and the introduction of new features like personalisation and analytics. These efforts have reinforced Pantheon's position as a leader in the WebOps and hosting space.
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Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2021
$100m
SERIES E
Mar 2019
$40m
SERIES D
Total funding: $196.8m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness: Taking care of you and your family is important to us. Our healthcare benefits program delivers choice and value so you can prioritize your health
- Remote & In-Office: We believe in a flexible employee experience, our San Francisco office is a center for collaboration and connection, but it's not the only place this happens
- Flexible Time-Off: We encourage work/life balance. Take time off when you need it, and return ready to make magic on the internet when you're ready and refreshed
- Monthly Book & Gym Allowance: One of the many ways we enable our team to take control of their development and wellness is to take advantage of our books and gym membership allowance
- Promoting Inclusivity: We strive to have a culture where Pantheors across the globe feel a high sense of belonging and engagement. We have several programs in place to help cultivate inclusion at Pantheon, including educational events, open forums, and training opportunities
- Giving Back: We believe in cultivating passion and giving back to the community we live and work in. Pantheon offers a Donation Matching program of $500 per employee and holds multiple team volunteer opportunities throughout the year
- Employee Resource Groups: Our Pantheon Resource Groups (PRGs) allow employees to connect, support each other, and spread awareness
- Professional Development: We support employee learning and development through company led-training, leadership forums, and full access to LinkedIn Learning's catalogue of courses
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sameer Kazi
(CEO)Joined Pantheon in 2024 as CEO. They have also served as the Managing Director of Operating Capital since 2015. Previously they were the President of ActiveCampaign and CEO of Cheetah Digital.
Josh Koenig
(Co-Founder & SVP of Marketing)They were part of the team that drove the first high-profile public Drupal use-case with the Howard and Dean campaign in 2003. They then went on to found the Drupal Dojo, an online learning community for developers, and to co-found the premiere Drupal agency in San Francisco, Chapter Three.
David Strauss
(Co-Founder & Advisor)After co-founding Four Kitchens, a successful Web Development shop, they found themselves gravitating away from the customer client work and towards infrastructure solutions. Large clients like NBCUniversal, The Economics, and Wikimedia had already benefited from their scalability and database optimization work.
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