Senior Software Engineer

The Planet Group; Halifax; Remote; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing and recruitment firm is looking for a Senior Software Engineer – SRE Automation to enhance operational efficiency in a healthcare technology environment. The ideal candidate has at least 4 years of experience in software development, expertise in Python and AWS, and a strong background in automation and observability tools. This fully remote position offers a competitive rate of $85 per hour on a contract basis.

Benefits

Opportunity to work in healthcare technology

Supportive and fast-moving environment

Work fully remote with modern tooling

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation tools for SRE.
• Build scalable APIs and microservices.
• Maintain CI / CD pipelines in GitHub Actions.

Skills

Python

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD workflows

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Datadog

FastAPI

Job description

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Job Title : Senior Software Engineer – SRE Automation

Location : Remote (U.S.-based)

Employment Type : Contract (40 hours / week)

Pay Rate : $85 p / Hr

Duration : 6+ months with potential to extend

Job Title : Senior Software Engineer – SRE Automation

Location : Remote (U.S.-based)

Employment Type : Contract (40 hours / week)

Pay Rate : $85 p / Hr

Duration : 6+ months with potential to extend

Introduction

Are you a passionate software engineer with deep experience in automation, observability, and building scalable systems? The Planet Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-impact Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team within a rapidly scaling healthcare technology environment. This role will focus on automating critical observability and reliability tools, collaborating closely with SRE, infrastructure, and development teams to enhance operational efficiency and ensure the uptime and performance of core applications.

This is a highly technical and visible role best suited for engineers who thrive on ownership, modern cloud-native architecture, and infrastructure as code practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• Proven expertise in Python and building scalable web services using FastAPI
• Deep understanding of API design, lifecycle, and developer experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, Redis, IAM, and CloudWatch
• Experience with Docker and supporting applications in Kubernetes environments
• Strong understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Experience designing and maintaining CI / CD workflows using GitHub Actions
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional, global teams
• Agile software development experience (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure as code

Prior experience in SRE or DevOps-focused roles

Familiarity with Datadog observability tools and automation for SLI / SLO dashboards and alerts

Experience with AI-powered coding assistants like GitHub Copilot

Bonus : Familiarity with modern web front-end frameworks like React, TypeScript, or JavaScript

Bonus : Hands-on experience with Chaos Engineering or AWS Fault Injection Simulator

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Develop and maintain automation tools to support SRE observability, reliability, and incident response workflows

Build and manage scalable web services, APIs, and microservices using Python and FastAPI

Automate the creation and management of Datadog dashboards, monitors, and alerts

Work closely with SRE teams to implement and scale SLI / SLO tracking

Design and optimize data schemas, queries, and pipelines

Maintain CI / CD pipelines in GitHub Actions to enable continuous delivery and testing

Participate in design reviews, contribute to documentation, and uphold high-quality engineering standards

Collaborate across infrastructure, engineering, and product teams to ensure system resilience and observability

Company Benefits & Culture

Join a mission-driven, high-impact team working on cutting-edge healthcare technology

Collaborate in a supportive, fast-moving, and globally distributed engineering environment

Work fully remote with modern development tooling and processes

Opportunity to contribute to systems that support millions of users globally

Apply today if you’re ready to build powerful automation tools that drive real-world impact—and help scale reliability across a global healthcare platform.

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Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting

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