Senior Software Engineer

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking a Senior Developer Experience (DevEx) Software Engineer to join our team. The DevEx team is focused on the overall experience for all of the Engineers at Vestwell by improving the tooling, infrastructure and documentation that we use to produce software.

In this role, you will be responsible for enhancing our existing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI / CD) infrastructure, empowering our developers and test engineers to write, test, and deploy code more efficiently.

You will work closely with our SDET team, DevOps team, and agile Engineering Squads to streamline the development lifecycle and drive operational excellence.

Requirements

The Necessities

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on CI / CD, DevOps, or Developer Experience roles.
• Strong experience with Jenkins, Groovy pipeline scripts, and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or JavaScript.
• Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Proficiency with AWS cloud services, including EC2, S3, and other relevant tools for scalable infrastructure.
• Proficiency in working with Linux environments.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues, with a focus on continuous improvement.

The Extras

Docker and Containerization experience (or other similar services) for containerization practices, ensuring efficient deployment and management of services.

Day to day, you may additionally

• Improve and maintain our CI / CD pipeline built on Jenkins using groovy pipeline scripts, ensuring robust and scalable processes that reduce the time and effort required for code integration and deployment.
• Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts in Python, Bash, and JavaScript to support CI / CD operations where existing solutions fall short.
• Collaborate on capturing GitHub settings and permissions in code using Terraform, ensuring a consistent and reproducible environment.
• Act as a key resource for development teams, helping to resolve CI / CD-related issues, and providing guidance on best practices.
• Work closely with DevOps to align on goals and objectives, and with engineering teams to understand their workflows and improve their development experience.
• Advocate for and implement new technologies and practices that will drive efficiency and innovation within our development processes.
• Create and maintain documentation on CI / CD processes and tools, and conduct training sessions to upskill the engineering team.

Our Culture

We aim to follow Agile best practices with a focus on empowering full stack development teams so that they can own a vertical slice of the product, and are empowered to make decisions and create a roadmap for a section of the product and business.

We want squads to be first class citizens, working as a team to define their roadmap and prioritization, that follows best practices in development, automation testing, deploying, and support.

The expected salary range for this position is $140K-160K for New York, $126K-144K for Phoenix, and $133K-152K for Austin.