Senior Software Engineer

QuartzBio Overview

• In your role as Senior DevOps Engineer
• You will lead the design and implementation of scalable infrastructure solutions. You’ll mentor junior engineers and drive automation and reliability across our AWS environments.
  

Key Responsibilities

• Manage projects and initiatives with moderate complexity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and maintain software applications.
• Create design specifications, test plans and automated test scripts for individual work scope.
• Develop software solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and secure.
• Analyze, maintain, and implement (including performance profiling) existing software applications and develop specifications from business requirements.
• Understand the purpose of new features and help communicate that purpose to team members.
• Write and debug software systems in accordance with software development standards, including the Application Development Lifecycle.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex software issues and provide timely solutions.
• Implement new software features and enhancements.
• Ensure adherence to software development best practices and processes.
• Write clean, legible, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Lead code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Help to support the work of their peers by pair programming, reviewing code, and through mentorship.
• Mentor junior team members and provide guidance.
• Continuously improve technical skills and stay up to date with emerging technologies.
• Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making.
• When performing duties as Senior DevOps Engineer
• Lead the development and maintenance of the Terraform IaC repository, ensuring modularity and scalability.
• Design and implement deployment strategies for microservices on Kubernetes (EKS) using Helm.
• Provision new applications and environments, ensuring consistency across dev, staging, and production.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, integrating with Kubernetes and Docker workflows.
• Manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters, pods, and services.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to standardize development tools and deployment technologies.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate IaC development processes.
• Other duties as assigned
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions.
• 2-4 years of experience working in a customer-facing role and leading projects.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to articulate ideas and write clear and concise reports.
• Role qualifications:
• For Senior DevOps Engineer
• 5+ years of DevOps experience.
• Deep expertise in AWS services and Terraform.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Experience with container orchestration (EKS, Kubernetes) and Helm Charts.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, specifically GitLab.
  

Leadership Expectations

• Follows Company's Principles and code of ethics on a day-to-day basis.
• Shows appreciation for individual talents, differences, and abilities of fellow team members.
• Listens and responds with appropriate actions.
• Supports change initiatives and continuous process improvements.