Software Engineer — Developer Experience

Mountain View, CA, Hybrid (3 times per week)

Joyent powers the global cloud infrastructure and developer platform providing back-end services for Samsung's billions of devices. Joyent's data center footprint is within 100ms latency to 70% of the world's population, while our multi-cloud, Kubernetes-based developer platform extends our reach to additional resource regions. We're operating at hyperscale to power workloads that bring capability and delight to Samsung's employees and customers.

Job Summary

Joyent is looking for a talented Software Engineer with a passion for cloud infrastructure to join our dynamic DX (Developer Experience) Team. In this role, you will play a key part in designing and developing the next generation Kubernetes cloud web application for our cloud-based platform, empowering users to efficiently manage and optimize their cloud resources.  This role will be utilizing Kubernetes technologies and will be focused on working with newer technologies and solving problems related to CI/CD. You will participate in Samsung’s cloud initiatives by building Kubernetes solutions for developers such as CI/CD systems and other infrastructure projects.

 Job Responsibilities

• System Design and Architecture: Assist in the design and architect cloud infrastructure solutions using Apache Spark for distributed data processing and analytics. Create robust and scalable architectures that meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.

• Infrastructure Automation: Contribute to the implementation of automation pipelines using Jenkins for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) of infrastructure changes. Develop Jenkins pipelines to automate testing, building, and deployment processes for cloud infrastructure components. Utilize workflow engines including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Apache Airflow.

• Version Control and Collaboration: Manage code repositories and collaborate with team members using GitHub. Implement version control best practices and workflows to ensure seamless collaboration and code management within the team.

• Infrastructure Provisioning: Provision and manage cloud infrastructure resources using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles. Create Infrastructure as Code Terraform scripts for all Kubernetes Infrastructure.  Use tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to define and deploy infrastructure resources across multiple cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Monitoring and Alerting: Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to track the health and performance of cloud infrastructure components. Configure monitoring dashboards and alerts using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK).

• Security and Compliance: Assist in the implementation of security best practices and compliance controls in cloud infrastructure deployments. Ensure proper access controls, encryption, and network security configurations to protect sensitive data and comply with regulatory requirements. Utilize secure methodologies such as Vault or policies to securely handle credentials

• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Document infrastructure architecture, design decisions, and implementation details. Share knowledge and best practices with team members through documentation, presentations, and technical discussions.

• Making sure all actions are auditable

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to work with remote teams across multiple geographies

• Ability to effectively communicate technical designs and concepts

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks

• Ownership - Take ownership of projects, ensuring excellence in execution and accountability for results. Foster a sense of responsibility and pride in delivering high-quality work

• Innovation - Drive innovation by proposing and implementing creative solutions to challenges. Stay abreast of industry trends and technologies, bringing fresh ideas to the table

• Customer focus - Understand and prioritize customer needs, striving to exceed expectations in every interaction. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of customer-centric solution

• Teamwork - Embrace a collaborative and inclusive approach, working seamlessly with colleagues to achieve common goals

• Ability to communicate effectively with members from cross-functional teams, including DevOps, architects, and business stakeholders in different time zones

Education & Experience

• A B.S. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or any related discipline

• Minimum of 4 years of industry experience in engineering

• Experience with GitHub actions and knowledge on self-hosted runners

• Experience running Kubernetes workloads on various clouds including AWS, GCP and Azure

• Experience with custom integrations such as slack, bots, jira or any other tooling that may be required

• Familiarity with GitOps and utilizing github action runners particularly for Kubernetes related workloads

• Experience with security with tools such as Hashicorp Vault and understanding of security policies on various cloud providers

• Developer experience with golang and python or similar programming languages

• Experience using workflow runners including Github Action Runners, Jenkins Agents, Apache Airflow Workers, and Apache Spark

• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies

• Experience with linux OS provisioning (Redhat and Ubuntu)

• Experience with configuration management tools such as ansible

• Project management experience, ability to manage tasks, timelines, and priorities effectively.

• Experience in analyzing data and metrics to make data-driven decisions for optimizing cloud resources and performance

• Experience in analyzing complex problems and come up with effective solutions in a cloud context

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation for this position will vary among specific regions due to geographical differentials in the labor market, and actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills, experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.  Therefore, the annual base compensation range for this role (depending on the geographical location) is expected to be between $125000 and $180000.

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Vacation and Sick leave, electronic reimbursement and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for bonus compensation based on individual, department, and company performance.

About Joyent

Joyent, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung, is the open cloud company. Joyent builds technology, at the pinnacle of scale, performance, stability, and security to accelerate the transformation toward the mobile and cloud-centric world. Joyent designs, builds and manages market competitive cloud computing solutions and services for Samsung Electronics and its partners at global scale.

How To Apply

To apply, please submit a brief introduction, a copy of your resume, and a link to your Github or LinkedIn profile to jobs@joyent.com with Software Engineer — Developer Experience in the subject. We are an equal-opportunity employer, building a diverse and inclusive team. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.

Joyent is committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

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