Senior Software Engineer

Replicated is a Commercial Software Distribution Platform. Replicated helps software vendors distribute their applications into self-hosted environments like VPC, on-prem, air gap, and more. With a suite of tools ranging from installation, to testing, to licensing and support, Replicated is the best way to operationalize and scale the distribution of Kubernetes applications into any enterprise environment.

Our customers include KNIME, Puppet, Smartbear, BigID, Swimlane, and many other fast-growing enterprise software vendors.

Replicated is committed to cultivating an efficient, respectful workplace. We know that innovation thrives on teams where diverse points of view come together to solve hard problems in ways that are just now possible. As such, we explicitly seek people that bring diverse life experiences, diverse educational backgrounds, diverse cultures, and diverse work experiences.

We are fully remote and plan to stay that way! We're open to any state in the US. In addition, for some roles, we're open to candidates in Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our SecureBuild team! You'll work on our new SecureBuild offering. SecureBuild offers zero-CVE container images for open source software, backed by a business model that’s fundamentally creator-first. To learn more about this product visit securebuild.com to learn more

Engineering at Replicated

Our engineers contribute to every stage of building the Replicated delivery and management platform - from early brainstorming to shipping and supporting the final product. Working with open-source technologies like Kubernetes, K0s, and Helm, you'll help us continue to build the next generation of multi-premise features for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Enterprise customers. Check out our YouTube channel and our Github org to see what we're building!

Our Engineering Culture

• A learning culture anchored with a growth mindset and curiosity

• We engage directly with customers to understand needs

• Remote work - build a comfortable setting that works for you

• Enthusiastic teams who love what they do

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with product managers, designers, engineers, and customers to iterate features from the prototype stage to GA.

• Work across the lifecycle of our products: design, develop, document, test, integrate, deploy, support, and collaborate.

• Mentor and be mentored, growing and investing in each other's growth is a key part of our culture.

• Be curious about everything we deliver and the problems we are solving for our customers.

• We embrace opportunities to share with and learn from our customers, so we better understand how the products are being used and discover opportunities to innovate. Engineers are a key part of this conversation, joining calls to watch the product in use, receive direct customer feedback, and ideate on possible solutions.

• Collaborate with your teammates to deliver solutions for our customers.

• Participate in weekly support and on-call rotations.

• Contribute and champion a culture of quality and testing. Help guide others who may have less experience in this area.

What you bring to the role:

• Senior level professional development experience with Go and associated tooling.

• Deep experience working with Linux.

• Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills with the proven ability to:

  • Clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical and product topics.

  • Communicate with leadership and other stakeholders across the company.

  • Engage with customers to better understand the problems they are trying to solve.

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining API services and their respective datastores.

• Experience developing and shipping software in a cloud-native, customer-facing infrastructure.

• Proven ability to create and deliver impactful contributions, both independently and collaborating with others.

• Experience taking on complex challenges and breaking them down into iterative deliverables.

• Experience delivering software within the constraints of a modern CI/CD pipeline

• A high degree of curiosity for innovative software, balanced with an appreciation for sustainable solutions.

In your first 30 Days

• Learn as much as you can about the company, team and product

• Complete hands-on training with the product, complete an onboarding checklist and meet with team members from across the company

• Improve the onboarding process as you notice rough edges, bringing your fresh perspectives to identify areas where we can do better

• Spend time with the team understanding our work and current initiatives

• Pair with members of the team to grow your knowledge of our infrastructure and ask questions to understand how we got to where we are

In your first 60 days

• Pair with your engineering buddy and contribute individual work to existing initiatives to deepen your understanding of Replicated’s product

• Shadow engineers in the on-call and support rotation, learning the process and making suggestions for improvements (both technical and procedural)

• Examine the systems you are learning, seeking to understand the “why” and challenge the answers as appropriate

• Continue to grow your understanding of Replicated - how our products are developed, building relationships with individuals, how our services connect and interact

In your first 90 days

• Take a leadership role for one of the team’s priorities, coordinating within and beyond the development group to accomplish the goal as you see fit

• Use your expertise to improve the reliability and quality of what we are shipping.

• Join the on-call and support rotation as a fully fledged member; you are never on your own as we deeply value supporting each other. We have found that participating in support is a great way to learn and engage with our customers. It helps us shorten the feedback cycle dramatically and deliver a product with the most value.

• Continue to learn and grow. Replicated is committed to ongoing individual growth and there will always be opportunities that require it. We have a yearly curiosity budget to support your learning and growth.

At Replicated, we value our teammates as individuals who are stronger together. We offer a robust pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supports their well-being, and helps all of us create a great remote work environment. 

In the US, the salary range for this role is as follows:
Sr. Software Engineer I: $148,500 - $181,500
Sr. Software Engineer II: $162,000 - $198,000

Our compensation bands are dependent on several factors, including level, qualifications, and experience. We have a 360° interview process designed to educate you on the role and what it is like to be a member of the team. It also helps us complete our leveling exercise. Since leveling is conducted during the interview process the above range may vary and compensation can extend beyond the posted range. For team members outside of the US, our salary ranges are at localized rates for the countries we support.

This is dependent on several factors, including level, qualifications, and experience. We also offer stock options, a strong health insurance package, as well as a unique home office allowance & a professional development budget. An overview is on our careers page here: https://www.replicated.com/careers/

We invest in our team and love candidates who are eager to learn and grow. We have a fantastic team of highly collaborative individuals who enjoy learning, growing, and mentoring others.

OUR CORE VALUES

Care Deeply: Care deeply about the work that you do. Because of that you are constantly learning and willing to go out on a limb, challenge assumptions, go back to first principles, etc.

Longterm: Treat every interaction as part of a 30 year relationship, you’ll see everyone down the road again as customers, partners, coworkers, etc.

Curious: We're always learning and we approach everyone and every problem with curiosity. When needed we challenge assumptions, and go back to first principles.

BENEFITS

We offer strong benefits to help you stay healthy and productive. For the US, our benefits are listed below:

• Health/Dental/Vision

• Life/AD&D

• LTD/STD

• FSA

• 401K

• Stock options

• Partner perk programs

• Generous time off, we expect you to take a minimum of 3 weeks of per year

• Laptop+accessories you need to get set up

• Generous home office set up allowance or co-working space allowance - up to $10,000 per year!

• Curiosity Budget to help you keep learning and growing!

Replicated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and we work to make sure that all team members have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Please note at this time we are unable to provide sponsorship to individuals in the United States.

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters, recruitment firms or any other third party for any of our job openings. Any unsolicited resumes sent from anyone other than the candidate, in any format, to any person at Replicated, will be considered Replicated property. Replicated will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

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