Senior Software Engineer - Reporting

Cast AI; Roma; In loco; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading cloud automation company in Rome is seeking skilled software engineers with expertise in cloud platforms and backend development. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from €6,500 to €9,000 gross, depending on experience. Team members will impact product innovation in an environment promoting collaboration, minimal bureaucracy, and opportunities for personal development. Candidates should be adaptable, proactive, and possess strong debugging skills to thrive in a startup-like atmosphere.

Servizi

Equity options

Direct impact on product

Focus time for personal projects

Competenze

• Experience in distributed systems and backend development.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Mansioni

• Build scalable reporting systems for time-series databases.
• Optimize cloud automation and resource management.
• Collaborate with a global team.

Conoscenze

Strong software engineering skills

Debugging and optimization

Cloud platform experience

CI/CD and DevOps practices

Strong English skills

Startup mindset

Problem-solving mindset

Strumenti

GoLang

Kubernetes

AWS

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Microsoft Azure

PostgreSQL

GitLab CI

Descrizione del lavoro

Why Cast AI?

Cast AI is the leading Application Performance Automation (APA) platform , enabling customers to cut cloud costs, improve performance, and boost productivity – automatically.

Built originally for Kubernetes, Cast AI goes beyond cost and observability by delivering real-time, autonomous optimization across any cloud environment. The platform continuously analyzes workloads, rightsizes resources, and rebalances clusters without manual intervention, ensuring applications run faster, more reliably, and more efficiently.

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Cast AI has employees in more than 32 countries worldwide and supports some of the world’s most innovative teams running their applications on all major cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Over 2,100 companies already rely on Cast - from BMW and Akamai to Hugging Face and NielsenIQ.

What’s next? Backed by our $108M Series C, we’re doubling down on making APA the new standard for DevOps and MLOps, and everything in between.

These are the core values that hold us all together :

PRACTICE CUSTOMER OBSESSION. Focus on the customer journey and work backwards. Strive to deliver customer value and continuously solve customer problems. Listen to customer feedback, act, and iterate to improve customer experience.

LEAD. Take ownership and lead through action. Think and act on behalf of the entire company to build long-term value across team boundaries.

DEVELOP AND HIRE THE BEST. Strive to raise the performance bar by continuously investing in yourself, the team and by hiring the best possible candidates for every position. Drive towards personal development and professional growth, and mentor others to raise the collective bar.

EXPECT AND ADVOCATE CHANGE. Strive to innovate and accept the inevitable change that comes with innovation. Constantly welcome new ideas and opinions. Share insights responsibly with unwavering openness, honesty, and respect. Once a path is chosen, be ready to disagree and commit to a direction.

Reporting – Builds a scalable reporting system that ingests millions of rows per second into our time-series databases, providing insights into cost savings, workload efficiencies, and Cast AI automation impact.

Here are some of the tools we use daily :

• Languages : GoLang (primary), Python (secondary for some cases)
• Cloud & Orchestration : Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure
• Databases & Storage : PostgreSQL, Cloud Object Storage
• PostgreSQL and Cloud Object Storage for persistence
• Messaging & APIs : GCP Pub / Sub, gRPC for internal communication, REST for public APIs
• Observability : Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo
• CI / CD & GitOps : GitLab CI with ArgoCD.

Requirements :

• Strong software engineering skills with experience in distributed systems and backend development (ideally GoLang , but not a hard requirement as long as you’re willing to transition to it)
• Strong debugging, optimization, and performance‑tuning skills
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms : hands‑on experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and tools such as Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
• CI / CD and DevOps practices experience
• Strong English skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
• Startup mindset : adaptable, proactive, and comfortable with ambiguity
• A proactive, problem‑solving mindset with a "yes we can" attitude.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary (€6,500 - €9,000 gross, depending on the level of experience) with equity options
• Direct impact on the product in a cutting‑edge company that’s reshaping cloud automation and optimization
• Collaborate with a global team of top cloud experts and innovators passionate about pushing the boundaries of Kubernetes technology
• Fast development cycles with a short feedback loop and direct customer impact
• Transparent work environment
• Focus time with minimal meetings and bureaucracy
• 10% of your time dedicated to self‑improvement and personal projects.