Senior Software Engineer

Who We Are:We believe that open-source software, open standards and APIs are the greatest transformational tools for organizations in the modern software development era.Our mission at Diagrid is to provide developers with APIs and tools that help them focus on their code and not on infrastructure. As online digital services need to handle more load and run on multiple clouds or on-premises environments, programming to higher level abstractions delivers consistent, secure and reliable code that is easily portable and helps organizations de-risk their projects.Diagrid is founded by the creators of the Dapr and KEDA open-source projects, and who led the user experience, design and development of hyper-scale infrastructure cloud services, serverless platforms and open-source projects at Microsoft.We are backed by top VC firms and supported with industry leading investors and advisors including Joe Beda (Kubernetes Co-Founder, former Co-Founder / CTO at Heptio) Matt Klein (Creator of Envoy, Lyft), Mark Russinovich (CTO, Microsoft Azure), William Morgan (Creator of Linkerd, CEO Buoyant), Seth Vargo (Senior Staff Engineer, Google), Adam Gross (Former CEO, Heroku), Sri Viswanath (Former CTO, Atlassian), Adam Frankl (Dev Marketing Expert, Neo4J & JFrog), and Roopak Venkatakrishnan (Head of platforms, Bolt).About the RoleAs a Senior Software Engineer at Diagrid Cloud, you’ll be designing and implementing new systems and features, whilst maintaining and improving our existing systems' resilience and operational maturity. Your work will focus on delivering excellent user experience, security, performance and reliability. As well as development work, you and the team will be responsible for delivering and operating Diagrid's cloud services.Diagrid Cloud currently offers 2 services:Conductor, for operating Dapr in production.Catalyst, serverless Dapr. This service is currently in public beta.You will be a great fit if you are passionate about distributed systems, love shipping new features, bashing bugs and achieving operational excellence.ResponsibilitiesDesign and build cloud services that are scalable, secure and reliableAnalyse, debug and fix issues in the systemDesign and implement operational excellence and best practicesBuild a vibrant and exciting engineering culturePromote and develop cloud-native and open source best practicesHelp mature the engineering discipline across the organizationOn call for incident responseQualifications5+ years of experience in designing and building distributed systems2+ years operating a public cloud service or platform in production2+ years of experience with Go2+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Docker or other container based systems2+ years of experience with Google Cloud or similar cloud providerSolid understanding of computer science principles with a focus on distributed systemsExcellent communication skillsAbility to mentor early career engineersBonus: experience with DaprOur Tech StackAt Diagrid, we believe in using open-source tools and protocols to get the job done, while respecting the age-old "pick the right tool for the right job" saying. As such, we expect our tech stack to be dynamic and evolving in nature while retaining our open-source strategy.We UseGoNodeJSReactKubernetesDockerMySQL/PostgreSQLCortex/Loki/TempoKafka/NatsMultiple Clouds (AWS and GCP primarily)Diagrid Benefits:Competitive compensationCompany equityRemote first & flexible work environmentFlexible paid time offComprehensive healthcare for you and your dependentsChoice of hardware$1000 for home office setupMonthly WFH stipendTeam events & gatheringsChance to collaborate with industry-leading figures Diagrid, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.