Senior Software Engineer (Python, CI/CD)

Viasat; Perungudi, Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; 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, CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and monitoring across time zones.

Expect an Agile environment with a 5-7 person scrum team, emphasis on code quality, automation, and operational excellence in live services and frameworks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficient in Python and GitHub Actions (GHA).
• Ability to design architectures and implement them with minimal input.
• Strong understanding of modern development workflows: version control, unit tests, code reviews.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver features for the Content Delivery Platform to scale for global users.
• Work in an Agile scrum team (5-7 people).
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and maintain infrastructure delivery.
• Provide production support in a DevOps environment.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Software Engineering

Tools

Airflow

BigQuery

Kafka

AWS

GCP

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.