Software Engineer, Site Reliability
Software Engineer, Site Reliability
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Kensho is S&P Globals hub for AI innovation and transformation. With expertise in Machine Learning and data discovery we develop and deploy novel solutions for S&P Global and its customers worldwide. Our solutions help businesses harness the power of data and Artificial Intelligence to innovate and drive progress. Kenshos solutions and research focus on speech recognition entity linking document extraction automated database linking text classification natural language processing and more.
As a Software Engineer Site Reliability (SRE) at Kensho you will ensure that Kenshos services both internally-critical and customer-facing have reliability and uptime based on users expectations. You will work closely with our team of Infrastructure and Application Engineers to come up with scalable solutions. You will also be working with Technical Architects Product and Engineering Managers and Application Developers to ensure stability and identify critical improvements.
Are you a SRE who is a thoughtful collaborative and dynamic technologist who loves building the infrastructure that helps others do their jobs more effectively and efficiently If so we would love to help you excel here at Kensho. We take pride in our team-based tightly-knit startup Kenshin community that provides our employees with a collaborative communicative environment that brings transparency to the biggest challenges in data.
At Kensho we hire talented people and give them the freedom support and resources needed to accomplish our shared goals. We believe in flexibility-first and give our employees the opportunity to work from where they feel most productive and engaged (must be in the United States). We also value in-person collaboration so there may be times when travel to one of our Kensho hubs (e.g. Cambridge MA or NYC) will be required for team meetings or company events.
Kensho states that the anticipated base salary range for the position is 140k-175k. In addition this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus and equity plans. At Kensho it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
What Youll Do:
You will run and stabilize Kenshos production services that support critical financial applications and backend processes
You will monitor maintain and help scale services that are integrated into S&Ps platform
You will manage end-to-end availability and performance of critical services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence
You will add tune and maintain alert configurations and documentation as needed
You will design and build advanced automated operational and deployment frameworks alongside tooling and infrastructure to help engineering teams measure and increase their velocity
You will cultivate full-team participation in high quality thoughtful software
You will participate in on-call/production support
You will develop/adapt tools and applications to automate tasks
What Youll Need:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE developing/building a scalable application is necessary.
You have 4 years of experience.
You have strong experience with coding and debugging and have developed a large application/service.
You are fluent in any two or more modern programming languages (Python Java Go C etc.)
You demonstrate a practical understanding of algorithms data structures and design patterns.
You also have DevOps experience and can demonstrate skills in engineering and supporting production services in a modern containerized cloud environment.
Scalable testing automation continuous integration frameworks and best practices
Technologies We Like:
Kubernetes Envoy Jenkins Git Docker Kafka Prometheus Kibana Elasticsearch Grafana Postgres Terraform
How to Really Get Our Attention:
You have been a major technical contributor in a big project
Your open source projects show innovation and initiative
You have research publications and patents if any
At Kensho we pride ourselves on providing top-of-market benefits including:
Medical Dental and Vision insurance
100% company paid premiums
Unlimited Paid Time Off
26 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave (paternity and maternity)
401(k) plan with 6% employer matching
Generous company matching on donations to non-profit charities
Up to $20000 tuition assistance toward degree programs plus up to $4000/year for ongoing professional education such as industry conferences
Plentiful snacks drinks and regularly catered lunches
Dog-friendly office (CAM office)
Bike sharing program memberships
Compassion leave and elder care leave
Mentoring and additional learning opportunities
Opportunity to expand professional network and participate in conferences and events
We are an equal opportunity employer that welcomes future Kenshins with all experiences and perspectives. Kensho is headquartered in Cambridge MA with an additional office location in New York City. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin.
Employment Type
Full-Time
