Senior Software Engineer (Python, CI/CD)

Viasat; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a senior software engineer to join a global Content Delivery Platform team. You will design, implement, and scale data pipelines, APIs, and CI/CD processes to serve customers worldwide.

You'll work in a 5-7 person Agile scrum team, contribute to architecture, ensure code quality, and provide production support in a DevOps environment, collaborating across time zones including the US, from Chennai, India.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Python, GHA.
• Ability to create architectural designs with light input and implement them.
• Experience with a modern development workflow including version control, unit testing, and code reviews
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills, and ability to work with team members across time zones including the US.
• Dedication to code quality, continuous automation, and operational excellence
• Experience in a DevOps environment - operational support for live services and application frameworks
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related experience

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering features driving operational excellence and onboarding new customers
• Work in an Agile environment within a talented 5-7 person scrum team
• Utilize and build CI/CD pipelines and simple infrastructure delivery.
• Production support in a DevOps environment

Skills

Python

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

DevOps

Education

B.Tech/BE in CS/CE/Software Engineering or related

Tools

Airflow

BigQuery

Kafka

AWS

GCP

Nginx

Job description

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you’ll do

You will be an integral part of a software scrum team dedicated to creating and scaling our Content Delivery Platform that serves users across the globe helping improve our customer streaming experience. You will design, implement, and enhance data pipelines, CI/CD pipelines, APIs, agents, monitoring, and onboard content providers.

The day-to-day

• Designing and delivering features driving operational excellence and onboarding new customers
• Work in an Agile environment within a talented 5-7 person scrum team
• Utilize and build established CI/CD pipeline and simple infrastructure delivery allowing you to more focus on design and coding of features
• Production support in a DevOps environment

What you’ll need

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience with Python, GHA
• Ability to create architectural designs with light input and implement them.
• Experience with a modern development workflow including version control, unit testing, and code reviews
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills, and ability to work with team members across time zones including the US.
• Dedication to code quality, continuous automation, and operational excellence
• Experience in a DevOps environment - operational support for live services and application frameworks
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related experience

What will help you on the job

• Experience with Airflow, Big Query, Kafka
• AWS and GCP related experience
• Exposure to SLOs/SLIs
• Experience with HTTP caching software and services, such as Varnish, Squid, or nginx

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EEO Statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.