About the role

Senior Software Engineer developing and maintaining orchestration components for cloud platform Upsun. Collaborating with cross-functional teams on complex problem-solving and efficient service optimization.

Responsibilities

Core Projects: Work on improving and maintaining our orchestration engine and git interface, ensuring they meet high standards of performance, reliability, and security.
Daily Tasks: Work on product or internal features (like reducing dependencies or improving our internal telemetry), extending our testing suite, or releasing our components.
Team Collaboration: Work closely with product, security, and infrastructure teams on container orchestration solutions that align with company goals and customer needs.
Challenging Problems: Build backwards compatible solutions to complex problems while optimizing services to run efficiently and troubleshooting when deployments fail.
Drive Innovation: Constantly seek opportunities to improve automation, testing, and deployment processes.

Strong software engineering background with proficiency in Python and Go.
Comfort working on low-level systems.
Proficiency in asynchronous programming and concurrency models in Python or similar languages.
Strong expertise in Linux systems and internals, including process management, networking, containers, and file systems.
Production experience with containerization technologies (Docker, OCI images, LXC etc.).
In depth knowledge of Git protocol including how repositories work.
Comfort with debugging complex systems, including going through traces and logs.
Pragmatic problem-solving, employing practical solutions to overcome complex problems efficiently.
Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants and LLM APIs, including applying them to code review, documentation, and debugging.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage in discussions, accept feedback, and share knowledge with diverse audiences.