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 is seeking a Senior 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 a Platform Tools Senior Software Engineer, you will be working on a wide range of core internal systems, tooling and automation. You will work with your fellow engineers, Product Engineering, Operations and Customer Success teams to identify inefficiencies in our current services and processes, then propose and implement changes to streamline or automate remediation.

As the Senior Software Engineer, you will…

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

What You’ll Need To Be Successful…

5+ years of experience in software development.
Have extensive hands-on experience with packaging, optimizing and developing applications on a Kubernetes based platform
Have hands-on software development experience with majority spent working on Cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
Have hands-on experience building and operating distributed systems and/or service oriented architectures
Understand design patterns; writing clean, maintainable code, unit test
Have hands-on experience in Bash/Python/Ruby/Go and navigating unix/linux based operating systems
Have some experience with web development frameworks like Flask/Django/RoR/Sinatra/React
Have good hands-on experience with DevOps processes and tools (Jenkins), artifact management system tools (Artifactory, Sonatype, ECR) and maintaining infrastructure as code (Terraform, Cloudformation)
Have a solid understanding of network security
Have good oral and written communication skills

Extra credit if you…

hold AWS certifications
have exposure to SSO/Identity management solutions
have a mindset to automate repetitive tasks
Have exposure to Gen/Agentic AI systems/tools

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.

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