Senior Software Engineer II; Containers

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer II is responsible for creating and maintaining software that is sold or used by Inductive Automation, LLC. The Senior Software Engineer II participates in all phases of product development, including design, specification, implementation, testing, building, deployment, documentation, support, and maintenance. This role may be required to interact with customers to troubleshoot products or obtain requirements.

• Leading or significantly contributing to medium-to-large feature releases; usually multi-person projects that cross engineering team boundaries
• Acting as a clear expert in one or more technical areas
• Contributing high quality, impactful technical contributions
• Participating in the design review process, seeking and providing constructive criticism
• Demonstrating ability to succeed in a wide range of complex situations across multiple axes: e.g. scale, uncertainty, interconnectedness
• Monitoring and adjusting team pace to instill urgency for success but protect from burnout
• Estimating and managing project timelines and risk
• Crossing team and service boundaries to solve problems
• Building relationships with stakeholders including customers, product managers, cross‑functional partners, and external partners
• Contributing to defining strategic direction, planning the roadmap, escalating issues, and synthesizing feedback to ensure team success
• Ensuring that knowledge is shared amongst the team and does not position themselves or others as a single point of failure
• Mentoring multiple engineers, primarily Level 1 through Level 3 engineers
• Working through others, lifting the skills and expertise of those around them
• Advising manager with insights and recommendations to improve the team
• Participating in the hiring process, as needed (by submitting referrals, meeting candidates, attending recruiting events, or presenting externally)
• Participating in engineering interviews, as needed
• Completing thoughtful and constructive code reviews in a timely manner
• Meeting and maintaining 6‑month performance milestones provided by their manager
• Responsible for one or more product areas or other IC leadership role (Product Lead, Scrum Master, etc.)

• 8+ years of software engineering or software development experience, preferably in a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in designing, building, and shipping containerized deployments
• Experience with designing and maintaining container‑based scalable distributed architectures
• Extensive experience building, optimizing, and maintaining container images
• Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC), specifically utilizing Ansible for automated configuration and deployment
• Proficiency in advanced shell scripting (Bash) for automation, system administration, and container image and Helm Chart support
• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes clusters and workloads
• Object‑oriented design experience
• Modern toolchain and source control familiarity, e.g. Git
• Familiarity with agile methodologies, e.g. SCRUM
• A comprehensive understanding of computer science concepts and ability to apply expertise in object‑oriented design, multi‑threaded architecture, data structures, algorithms, and cybersecurity
• Hands‑on programming experience using relevant languages (Java, Typescript, etc.)
• Experience using relevant tool suites (Intelli
  
  J or equivalent, Git, Webpack)
• Creative problem‑solving skills
• Passionate about building applications that delight users
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working on a software development team

• Experience with security, particularly security infrastructure design
• Experience playing an active role in developing and shipping SaaS products
• Experience with state management and versioning approaches
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer, or equivalent) or Azure certification

$170,000 - $190,000 a year

Based on the Sacramento region, the new hires minimum and maximum target salary for this role is $170k - $190k. Inductive Automation’s ranges are market‑driven and set to allow for flexibility. Although it is not typical for an individual to start at the…