Job Title: Principal Engineer (Kubernetes)
Work Location: Fort Worth, TX
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
Job Details:
Must Have Skills
Go, Kubernetes, Cloud Nice to Have Skills and Experience (preferred but not required): Python, Github Actions
Nice to have skills
Excellent software developer with strong DevOps mindset and experience creating custom Kubernetes operators
Detailed Job Description:
This list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
Write and test Kubernetes orchestration in Go
Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate
Lead and collaborate with Kubernetes administrators and platform engineers to deliver features for multi-tenant cloud-based Kubernetes platform.
Minimum Qualifications Education & Prior Job Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
5+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments
Preferred Qualifications Education & Prior Job Experience
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
Airline Industry experience
Experience working as a platform engineer or in close collaboration with platform engineers
Skills, Licenses, and Certifications
Proficiency with the following technologies:
o Programming Languages: Go, Python, React
o Deployment Technologies: Kubernetes, Docker
o Source Control: GitHub
o CICD: GitHub Actions
o Data management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
o Integration/APIs Technologies: Kafka, REST, GraphQL
o Cloud Providers such as Azure and AWS
Ability to optimize solutions for performance, resiliency and reliability while maintaining an eye toward simplicity
Ability to concisely convey ideas verbally, in writing, in code, and in diagrams
Ability to optimize system designs spanning multiple teams to allow small, safe, incremental releases
Ability to work through others by cooperatively sharing responsibilities
Ability to combines deep knowledge of a product domain with awareness of advancing technology to introduce solutions that propel the technical capability of the organization forward.
Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
Proficiency in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and
Continuous Deployment
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