Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure
As a Staff Software Engineer at Workiva, you will serve as the technical leader and guide for our team responsible for managing our company's Kubernetes and Networking Infrastructure on AWS. You'll play a key role in shaping our technical direction, leading the development of team-level features, and solutions, and providing technical guidance and mentorship to your colleagues.
What You’ll Do
Lead product discovery efforts to understand stakeholder needs and scope product changes effectively
Break down complex tasks into manageable components
Independently develop and enhance partially defined features and services
Lead development of team level features, solutions, and libraries
Impact colleagues by guiding team members on technical challenges, contributing to technical communities, modeling continuous team improvement, and proposing technical onboarding tasks
Evolve solution quality through code-reviews, automated testing, and collaboration with stakeholders
Guide the team to resolve complex incidents and analyze the root cause of operational issues to identify patterns for improvement
Represent the team and its software when stakeholders require integration assistance, education, or alleviation of potential technical risks
Establish key metrics to identify software problems, suggest solutions, and drive resolution
Assure that all the team’s software is built in a uniform and consistent manner aligning with the company’s standards and best practices, as well as the appropriate architecture
Solicit input to gather diverse perspectives, and models blameless discussion of technical issues
What You'll Need
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience
4+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
Preferred Qualifications
Experience
Experience in software development and expertise applying computer science fundamentals, with multiple competencies of: data structures, algorithms, object-oriented software design, functional programming, and cloud-based distributed systems
Experience building one or more of unit, integration, functional user acceptance, or contract tests
Demonstrated experience leading initiatives with successful outcomes
Skills
Expert in Cloud Infrastructure (AWS), Kubernetes (EKS), and containerization
Expert in inter-service communication development in a microservice environment including a fundamental understanding of technologies such as CNI, Service Mesh, Load Balancers, Ingress Controllers, Gateway API, and Network Policies
Expertise in advanced networking including deep understanding of the OSI model, custom routing in Linux, and VPC management in a cloud environment
Familiarity with implementing FedRAMP moderate controls in a high compliance cloud environment
Familiarity with Hardware Security Modules and FIPS 140-2 standards for cryptographic modules that protect sensitive information
Experience with advanced Kubernetes scaling mechanisms utilizing tools such as Karpenter, with a demonstrated ability to optimize scaling to meet financial goals
Expert level understanding of a Linux operating system
Experience with Packer and Docker for building and managing machine and container images
Experience using tools such as Helm, Terraform, and CloudFormation to automate, standardize, and abstract the creation of cloud resources from development teams
Proficient in programming Bash, Python, and Golang
Excellent communication and teamwork skills to collaborate effectively within a cross-functional team
Remote-Ready Excellence
A reliable internet connection serves as the conduit for brilliance, enabling the unleashing of talents from the comfort of virtually anywhere
Typically no more than 10% travel for Workiva’s Internal Developer Conference and team-based opportunities
How You’ll Be Rewarded
Salary range in the US: $120,000.00 - $204,000.00
A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.
Where You’ll Work
Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.
We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.
At Workiva, you’ll enjoy
Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.
Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
Involvement: Ability to participate in Business Employee Resource Groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian, Women, Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), Veterans, Disabilities), Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.
Learn more about life at Workiva: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva/
Learn more about benefits: https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits
Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.
Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].
Workiva employees are required to undergo comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory standards.
Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.
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