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Postman

Staff Software Engineer- Codegen

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$210K - $263K/yr

The team is based in Austin, TX -- remote is not an option** The Opportunity LibLab is is recently ... class open-source SDKs and client libraries. What You'll Do * Design, develop, and maintain ...

Driver AI Inc.

DevOps Engineer

Austin, TX · Remote

$52.25 - $71.50/hr

Remote Company: Driver AI Type: Full-time Introduction At Driver, we're building systems that turn ... Contributions to open source or personal projects Why Join Us * Work on real AI-driven products ...

Driver AI Inc.

DevOps Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$150K - $250K/yr

Remote Company: Driver AI Type: Full-time Introduction At Driver, we're building systems that turn ... Contributions to open source or personal projects Why Join Us * Work on real AI-driven products ...

HumanSignal

High Volume (TOFU) Recruiter

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$55K - $100K/yr

San Francisco, CA preferred; open to other remote options About the Role HumanSignal Services runs ... Source and screen high volumes of candidates across multiple active programs simultaneously ...

Future Secure AI

IT Support Engineer

Austin, TX · Remote

... remote wipe/lock process for lost, stolen, or offboarded devices * Solid networking fundamentals: Wi-Fi, VPN, firewalls, DNS Preferred Qualifications * FleetDM or other open-source MDM experience ...

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SpaceX

Platform Integrity Manager (Starlink)

Bastrop, TX · On-site +1

$145K/yr

Experience with research and intelligence analytic techniques, including open-source intelligence ... This position is based in Bastrop, TX and requires being onsite-remote work not considered * Must ...

Kake Group

Senior AI Talent Sourcer

Austin, TX · Remote

... open-source ecosystems, research platforms, and emerging AI talent networks. * Conduct initial ... Ability to work independently in a remote, fast-paced environment. Other Traits * Naturally curious ...

Cornelis Networks

Senior Software Engineer - SAI/SDK

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$121K - $160K/yr

Open-source contribution history * Technical leadership and mentoring experience * Experience with ... This is a remote position for employees residing within the United States. We offer a competitive ...

Zendesk

Senior Counsel, Product (AI)

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$138K - $187K/yr

Outstanding candidates will be considered outside of office locations for a fully remote role. Join ... Understanding of basic product concepts - cloud infrastructure, APIs, open source, etc. Capable of ...

Zendesk

Senior Counsel, Product (AI)

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$138K - $187K/yr

Outstanding candidates will be considered outside of office locations for a fully remote role. Join ... Understanding of basic product concepts - cloud infrastructure, APIs, open source, etc. Capable of ...

Rokt

Senior Software Engineer

Austin, TX · Remote

$335K - $400K/yr

Willingness to work 4 day in-office, 1 day remote weekly schedule. + Experience relevant to one or ... Building and scaling ingestion and storage on open-source foundations like Kafka, Spark, Cassandra ...

Rokt

Senior Software Engineer

Austin, TX · Remote

$335K - $400K/yr

Willingness to work 4 day in-office, 1 day remote weekly schedule. + Experience relevant to one or ... Building and scaling ingestion and storage on open-source foundations like Kafka, Spark, Cassandra ...

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Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Peloton, Inc

Austin, TX • Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 16 days ago

Job description

Company Description

Pelotech helps enterprise clients leverage Kubernetes and other cloud technology to solve core business challenges. We help them deploy distributed, highly available, services.

We help the worlds largest companies build globe spanning technology products and provide expert guidance on scaling technology solutions at all levels.


In support of this ambition we: 

  • Cherish and champion values and practices that create trust, collaboration, and measured improvement; 
  • Work with folks that do the same.

We are not a consultancy that talks at you, nor a "body shop" contract company without an outside perspective. We teach software acceleration by working alongside our customers. 

Job Description

Join: 

We're looking for software engineers that want to write great code for real customers consistently and love to teach their team how to do the same. You are an experienced player-coach in creating amazing software teams, have proven technical chops in current CI/CD, immutable infrastructure, micros-service technologies.

You:

  • Can be the primary customer point of contact
  • Are not phased by ambiguity and guide others through it
  • Relentlessly learn new technology that improves the speed of which you can achieve your goals.
  • Value empathy and strive to build solutions that teams can understand.
  • Are effective at guiding and counseling your team's managers.

You have:

  • A passion in working full-stack, from coding cloud infrastructure to building distributed systems and front end web applications.
  • A Passion for building products that are beautiful outside and inside - from their user experience to their robust and elegant design.
  • Data and metrics-oriented mindset: you want your work to be measurable and impactful.
  • Customer empathy: you understand your customers' needs and requirements.
  • Strong software development skills and computer science fundamentals.
  • A broad knowledge of entrepreneurial and work management frameworks such as Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Kanban, Scrum
  • Value loosely-held strong-opinions, sharing them and having them challenged.
  • An inquisitive mind and enjoy chasing down problems and opportunities across technology stacks and domains.

Even better:

  • A history of contributing to open source
  • A fondness for pair programming
Qualifications

Must have:

  • Strong skills in several programming languages and an understanding of when to use which.

Technologies we use and teach:

  • NodeJs
  • Go
  • Kafka
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Drone
  • Rancher
  • AWS/GCP
Additional Information

We've been a remote team since before COVID though the current global situation is definitely limiting our ability to travel to beautiful places together.

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