Associate Software Engineer

Associate Software Engineer, Observability Team

Department: Engineering

Location: Remote, India 

Acquia is an open source digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with technology that allows them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia we believe in the power of community and collaboration - giving our customers the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms.

Headquartered in Boston, we have been named as one of North America’s fastest growing software companies as reported by Deloitte and Inc. Magazine, and have been rated a leader by the analyst community and named one of the Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. We are Acquia. We are building for the future of the web, and we want you to be a part of it.

Acquia’s products run 100% on Amazon Web Services using EKS, EC2, CloudFormation, Terraform and various other technologies and best practices. Since each product is built and maintained by its own engineering team, the ideal candidate for this position would need to be proactive in familiarizing themselves with those services and have the ability to coordinate and collaborate with multiple teams.

About the Team: The Observability team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth functioning and performance optimization of all our systems. We are a dynamic team of engineers dedicated to providing centralized Observability solutions to empower all teams within the company. Acquia is seeking an Associate Software Engineer who can help lead our efforts to revolutionize the way we build, test, operate and monitor our cloud-based products and services. 

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will…

• work on a wide range of core internal systems, tooling and automation around logging, monitoring and traceability
• work with your team to develop far reaching modules that have scalability and availability at their core
• contribute to our efforts to revolutionize the way we build, test, operate and monitor our cloud-based products and services
• maintain an understanding of system functionality and architecture, with a strong focus on the operational aspects of the service (availability, performance, change management, emergency response, capacity planning, etc)
• collaborate with your team members to review their work and have your work reviewed in turn
• work with other teams in deciding, developing integrations with other subsystems
• participate in Scrum software development lifecycle
• provide product support to internal and external stakeholders
• work in a team environment where your team owns and operates the services you build

You’ll enjoy this role if you…

• like solving complex challenges for scalable, low latency systems
• enjoy solutioning for a Cloud native environment
• enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders
• have a passion for DevOps + Software development

What you’ll need to be successful…

• Have 1+ year of software development experience with time spent working on Cloud technologies (AWS, Google Compute, Azure). EKS experience hands-on would be ideal. AWS with Kubernetes is greatly preferred
• Basic Knowledge of design patterns and system design principles
• Understanding of programming languages such as Golang, PHP, Ruby or similar.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Collectd, Fluentd, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, Grafana, New Relic, Cloudwatch, Splunk, Nagios or willingness to learn.
• Strong interest in building and operating distributed systems and/or service oriented architectures.
• Comfortable navigating unix/linux based operating systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting.

Extra credit if you…

• hold AWS certifications
• have hands on experience with Docker, K8s or equivalent
• have a mindset to automate repetitive tasks 

Acquia is proud to provide best-in-class benefits to help our employees and their families maintain a healthy body and mind. Core Benefits include: competitive healthcare coverage, wellness programs, take it when you need it time off, parental leave, recognition programs, and much more!

Individuals seeking employment at Acquia are considered without regard to race, color, religion, caste, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Whatever you answer will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter.