Platform Engineer

Job Title

Platform Engineer

About Canoo

Canoos mission is to bring EVs to Everyone and build a worldclass teamtodeploy this sustainable mobility revolution.We have developed breakthrough electric vehicles that are reinventing the automotive landscape with pioneering technologies awardwinning designs and a unique business model that spans all owners in the full lifecycle of the vehicle. Canoo is starting production and is distinguished by its pioneering and experienced team of technologists engineers and designers. With offices around the country the company is scaling quickly and seeking candidates who love to challenge themselves are motivated by purpose and possess a strong desire to get things done.

The Canoo Way

Canoos success is the direct result of our disciplined application of our core operating principles and drills which are based on three main principles: Think 80/20 (Important versus less important) Act 30/30 (Reduce waste and increase output) and Live 90/10 (We have each others back). We hire based on MET Mindset Equipment and willingness to Train and seek individuals that take accountability and deliver results being Humble Hungry to succeed and Hunting for opportunities to win. We train our team to engage with each other by modulating between their intellect (iQ) and emotional intelligence (eQ) applying Facts Finesse and Force when they communicate. The principles and drills of the CANOO Way have been fundamental to our success our ability to grow continuously improve innovate and are at the core of our daytoday operations.

Job Purpose

The Platform Engineer will be responsible for CI/CD systems cloud infrastructure Infrastructure as Code and Kubernetes. Additionally they will work with development teams to provide tooling and standards to accelerate development.

Responsibilities 80s of the Position)

• Manage CI/CD infrastructure
• Own the infrastructure code for our cloud infrastructure
• Manage and tune Kubernetes clusters and workloads
• Provide standards and patterns development teams can use to accelerate their work
• Manage internal and external helm charts and their associated deployments
• Manage automated security scanning tools and respond to applicable findings
• Manage IoT infrastructure

Required Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3 years working with Helm Kubernetes and Terraform
• 3 years working with cloud infrastructure
• 3 years working with CI/CD tooling
• Experience with two or more programming languages
• Experience with secret management solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Agile methodologies and JIRA
• Experience with automated testing
• Solid understanding of 12 Factor application methodogy

PreferredExperience

• Jenkins especially Jenkins Configuration as Code
• ArgoCD
• Harness
• Observability platforms (Datadog Dynatrace Grafana etc)
• Python
• NodeJS

Travel Requirements

• Occasional travel for team events

Physical Requirements for NonPhysical Positions

While performing the duties of this job employees may be required to sit for prolonged periods of time occasionally bending or stooping lifting up to 10 pounds and prolonged periods of computer use.

Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Whats Cool About Working Here...

• Meaningful challenging work that will redefine automotive landscape and make EVs available to everyone
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Equity Compensation
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Casual workplace with an unbelievable feeling of energy

Canoo is an equal opportunityaffirmative action employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion sex age disability sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status past or present military service or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal state and local law.

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