Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineering
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About Zello
Zello is a voice-first communication platform powered by our industry-leading push-to-talk technology to improve collaboration and productivity for desk-less workers. With over 175 million users were the #1 rated push-to-talk app in the world delivering 9 billion (yes with a B) messages a month.
At Zello our company values are at the heart of what we do everyday. Were proud to serve the frontline were privileged to connect people in times of crisis across the globe and were honored to support first responders.
And this is where you come in.
The Platform Engineering team at Zello builds and maintains the foundational systems that power our products and improve the developer experience for our engineering organization. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team you will design implement and maintain scalable infrastructure and platform tooling that accelerates development increases reliability and streamlines operations.
You will collaborate closely with product engineers and security to ensure our platform is secure efficient and easy to use. This role requires strong problem-solving skills a high level of technical ownership and a passion for creating tools and systems that empower others to move faster with confidence.
After a successful first year you will
Designed implemented and launched at least one major platform service or infrastructure enhancement that measurably improved developer productivity.
Delivered developer self-service capabilities through tooling and an internal developer portal reducing time-to-deploy for product teams.
Improved reliability of Zellos systems by leading application changes that enhanced detection alerting and automated response to failures.
What youll do
Design build and maintain platform services that support Zellos development teams
Develop automation tooling and processes to improve the developer experience
Partner with other engineers and security to define and evolve infrastructure standards and patterns.
Participate in on-call rotations to ensure uptime and responsiveness for critical services
Identify issues before they become problems and take ownership from concept to delivery.
Mentor other engineers by sharing expertise reviewing code and driving adoption of best practices.
Who you are
A seasoned engineer with 5 years experience designing building and operating scalable reliable systems in production
Have strong programming skills in Python; familiarity with Go is a plus
Have experience working with GCP and/or AWS
Familiarity with distributed systems deployed on Kubernetes
You enjoy building the tools infrastructure and abstractions that empower other engineers to move faster
We hire for potential passion for our mission and a knack for solving difficult problems over checking every qualification box. We have competitive pay equity with significant upside and intentionally design our benefits to encourage healthy and well-balanced employees flexible schedules and time off. We even offer a sabbatical after every five years of service so youre able to pursue and enjoy what matters most to you. And of course we wouldnt be a technology company in Austin without a ping-pong table and free snacks in our break room. Join us!
Zello provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
