Sr. Software Engineer - Backend - HCP Terraform Foundations Web Engineering

Introduction

The Foundations Engineering team is composed of Site Reliability Engineers and Software Engineers working on the HCP Terraform hosted service. Our team ensures that the platform’s underlying infrastructure, data stores, and core foundational services are reliable, performant, and robust.

We’re looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to join our team. The Engineers on our team own the core foundational services that power the entire HCP Terraform hosted service. These mission‑critical services and data stores compose the Terraform plan and apply pipeline, and are used by every Terraform run which hits HCP Terraform.

The ideal candidate will have worked with large‑scale distributed systems and be focused on system security. They will want to work collaboratively with various teams. These teams oversee infrastructure and develop new features. Together, they will tackle large problems impacting multiple services.

If you fit this profile, we’d love to meet you! We have a large footprint and a quickly‑growing user base, with lots of interesting problems and plenty of opportunities for growth and development.

What you’ll do

• Develop and maintain the backend services on which HCP Terraform relies.
• Continuously improve the product by writing code in systems written in Ruby on Rails.
• Investigate problems, performance bottlenecks, and orchestration issues which span multiple services.
• Enable your teammates through technical mentorship, code reviews, and pairing.
• Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation that supports our production services.

What you’ll need

• Have 5+ years of production experience working on any of the following:
• Backend applications (e.g., Ruby on Rails)
• Databases (e.g., Postgres, Redis)
• Strive for quality through maintainable code and comprehensive testing from development to deployment.
• Experience upgrading Ruby, Rails, and dependencies.
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems.
• Communicate clearly while remaining empathetic and kind.
• Have an eagerness to learn through humility and reflection.
• Have experience debugging performance bottlenecks for live services and systems.
• Are familiar with best practices for application and infrastructure security.

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