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Senior Software Engineer (SRE), Cloud Compute

VTEX
Location
Brazil
Posted
12 days ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Experienced backend/platform engineer with a solid track record operating and evolving Kubernetes/EKS infrastructure
  • Hands-on experience with production AWS (VPC, IAM, load balancers, Auto Scaling/Beanstalk)
  • Strong knowledge of distributed systems and networking (TCP/IP, DNS, proxies, inter-service communication)
  • Comfortable with legacy systems in transition: experience migrating workloads between compute platforms
  • Familiarity with GitOps and IaC (ArgoCD, Pulumi, or equivalent)
  • Effective communicator capable of negotiating technical priorities and collaborating with product teams and other platform squads.
What the job really is

The Senior Software Engineer (SRE) role at VTEX involves working on the Compute team to migrate and modernize the platform's shared compute infrastructure from legacy Beanstalk to EKS. Daily tasks include managing networking and IAM, ensuring high availability of production systems, and collaborating with various internal teams to support their infrastructure needs. The position also requires evolving GitOps practices and maintaining infrastructure as code.

Benefits
  • Annual profit-sharing program and equity eligibility
  • Health, dental, and life insurance with national coverage provided by VTEX
  • Annual budget for professional development in Tech
  • Language development incentive program (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
  • Flexible meal allowance
  • Extended parental leaves
Things to weigh
  • The role involves transitioning from legacy systems, which may present challenges and require adaptability.
  • The job requires participation in on-call rotations, indicating potential after-hours responsibilities.
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