Senior Software Engineer (Golang) - Platform Engineering

The Cloud Experience team is responsible for accelerating Snyk’s product development by providing tools, services, and processes for our internal engineering teams. We focus on a wide cross section of engineering needs, including local development and CI tools, application deployment APIs, and operational standards. Our aim is to allow Snyk’s engineers to build reliable, performant, innovative products and bring them to our customers quickly.

We’re looking for a Senior Engineer who has experience working across the development lifecycle in a mature SaaS product organization. Someone who can lead initiatives to improve the SDLC for our engineers, from application development, build and test pipelines, to deployment orchestration across multi-cloud, multi-cluster infrastructure.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Designing large-scale distributed systems and building software solutions in Golang, such as web service APIs, CLI tools, and Kubernetes operators
• Working with Snyk’s engineering teams to help them make best use of our internal platform tools and services. Capturing feedback and requirements to feed into the team’s planning and backlog
• Participating in roadmap planning and prioritization
• Being involved in the day-to-day Agile practices of the team, striving for predictable and repeatable success
• Mentoring and supporting team members, holding interviews to recruit new talent, and ensuring that we foster an environment of growth, partnership, and belonging, in partnership with your Engineering Manager

What You’ll Need:

• A passion for engaging with software engineers, hearing their needs and acting on observations and feedback
• A deep experience and understanding of the challenges of building and shipping software inside a mature SaaS organization
• Extensive experience building software in Go and a commitment to building exceptional quality products for our internal customers
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and experience building Kubernetes operators and controllers
• Experience in knowledge structuring, sharing, and defining best practices for you and your team
• Clear communication skills to enable working in highly cross-functional, distributed product teams

We’d be Lucky if You:

• Have experience of working in a geographically distributed team
• Have experience of working in both software engineer and cloud infrastructure roles

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