Entry Level Applications Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Paperless Parts is looking for a motivated and curious Platform Engineer I to join our growing team. You'll be an active member of the team taking our SaaS platform to manufacturing shops. As a Platform Engineer I, you will help build and maintain a platform that is scalable, secure, and resilient. From day one, you'll contribute directly to our platform by taking ownership of well-defined tasks and projects, working alongside senior engineers who will review your work and guide your growth. You will play a crucial part in supporting the automation and tooling that makes our entire engineering team more efficient.

This is an entry-level position on our engineering career pathway. You'll participate fully in the life of the team - joining sprint ceremonies, completing assigned sprint work, and growing into the on-call rotation - while building the foundation to advance toward Platform Engineer II and beyond. This role is perfect for early-career engineers who are passionate about cloud technologies and eager to develop their skills in a collaborative environment.

• Customer-Centric Focus: We put our customers at the center of everything we do. Your work will directly contribute to their success.
• Meaningful Challenges: We enable critical industries like medical devices, aerospace, and defense, which require robust, secure, and scalable solutions.
• Collaborative and Inclusive Culture: Our culture emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, and mutual respect. We believe that diverse teams build better products.
• Learning Opportunities: You'll grow your skills through close mentorship from senior engineers and a clearly defined engineering career pathway.
• Modern Technology: Gain hands-on experience with modern web application stacks, cloud technologies like AWS, and observability and CI/CD tools.

• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code, including writing, testing, and deploying new Terraform modules to manage production cloud resources on AWS, including EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC
• Enhance our CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools like Jenkins
• Build new dashboards and set up monitoring with Datadog to ensure the health and performance of key applications.
• Write and maintain automation scripts in Python or Bash to streamline routine operational tasks.
• Work with containerization technologies and concepts using Docker
• Use AI-assisted coding tools as part of your everyday workflow to write, test, and review code more effectively
• Participate in sprint ceremonies and deliver assigned sprint work, with code reviewed and supported by senior engineers
• Join the team's on-call rotation and learn to respond to alerts as you grow into the role

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0-1 years of professional experience in software, platform, or DevOps engineering; internship or co-op experience counts.
• Working knowledge of a programming or scripting language, with Python as a plus.
• Basic understanding of and comfort with Linux/Unix command-line tools.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools, including cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (e.g., Docker), infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform), and CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins).
• A demonstrated, passionate desire to learn about cloud computing, DevOps principles, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and a collaborative mindset - you ask clarifying questions and contribute to team discussions.
• A strong sense of reliability and ownership of your assigned work, with enthusiasm for learning and applying new technologies.

• Real-World Impact: You will contribute to solutions that empower critical industries and drive innovation.
• Learning and Development: You will work with experienced professionals who will support your growth along a defined engineering career pathway.
• Supportive Culture: You will join a team that values your contributions and invests in your success.

If you're an ambitious early-career engineer eager to apply your knowledge of cloud infrastructure, gain hands-on experience, and build your career in platform engineering, we'd love to hear from you!

Salary range:  $124,000 - $168,000

The job posting range is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.