Senior Software Engineer, Workiva

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• 2+ years of experience in SRE, infrastructure, or software engineering roles

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team and help drive the future of the Workiva Platform
• You’ll play a key role in designing and operating the cloud infrastructure that powers a reliable and scalable microservice architecture
• You’ll influence engineering direction, improve system performance and observability, and help create a secure and compliant platform experience
• This role is a great fit for an experienced engineer who thrives on solving deep technical challenges, enjoys mentoring peers, and is excited about owning infrastructure that supports hundreds of services across our cloud-native stack
• Lead efforts to improve the reliability, scalability, and security of our cloud infrastructure
• Define, implement, and iterate on observability practices that surface early signs of system degradation
• Create and maintain runbooks, operational playbooks, and alerts for critical services
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of a secure, compliant platform by helping implement FedRAMP and FIPS controls
• Write clean, tested infrastructure code using tools like Terraform, Helm, and Python/Golang
• Automate the provisioning and scaling of Kubernetes-based infrastructure (EKS) using cutting-edge tools like Karpenter
• Optimize cloud costs while ensuring system performance and uptime
• Improve and maintain base images using Packer, Docker, and container best practices
• Own and deliver complex infrastructure initiatives with minimal guidance
• Mentor and guide engineers by providing technical leadership, thoughtful code reviews, and hands-on support
• Participate in product discovery, helping engineering teams build reliable systems by design
• Help define long-term strategies for platform evolution, scalability, and maintainability