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Senior Software Engineer

Project44
Location
Chicago
Posted
9 days ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles
  • Deep expertise with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure also relevant)
  • Strong hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi)
  • Proven track record building and scaling CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD)
  • Solid scripting/programming ability in Python, Go, or Bash
  • Experience building and operating complex distributed systems
Nice to have
  • Experience developing solutions leveraging Docker
  • Configuration management experience with Ansible or Terraform
  • Building/implementing monitoring for network, server, application, and database layers
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, Grafana, CloudWatch
  • Experience with APM tools such as New Relic, AppDynamics, Datadog, Runscope
What the job really is

As a Senior Software Engineer at project44, you will design, build, and implement cloud infrastructure strategies while leading technical initiatives in a fast-paced Agile environment. Your responsibilities will include maintaining a high-throughput, real-time data platform, evolving CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring other engineers. You will also focus on cost optimization and ensure observability and reliability practices are followed across the infrastructure.

Benefits
  • Base salary range of USD130,000 – USD190,000
  • Stock options for all EOR and project44-employed team members
  • Bonus or commission eligibility depending on role
  • Benefits package tailored to your country of employment, which may include health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plans, and paid time off
Things to weigh
  • In-office commitment of 3 days a week
  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without employer-sponsored visa support
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