Software Engineer

HP; Rio Rancho (NM); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

HP in Rio Rancho, NM is hiring a Software Engineer to advance technical debt without a full rewrite, using Elasticsearch sparingly. The role emphasizes shipping incremental improvements to the Rio Rancho platform on a regular cadence.

You will participate in on-call rotations, drive incident postmortems to prevent outages, and maintain backward-compatible Go schemas while safely rolling out Laravel changes behind feature flags. Relocation to Rio Rancho or remote work is supported.

Qualifications

• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy.
• Integrity to flag your own mistakes first.
• Willingness to relocate to Rio Rancho, NM, or to work remotely.
• At least 3 years of standing behind your own estimates.
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.

Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to HP's Rio Rancho platform on a regular cadence.
• Drive the Facilitation incident postmortem that stops the Rio Rancho outage from recurring.
• Keep Go schemas backward-compatible so HP never forces a breaking upgrade.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Push Laravel changes behind flags so Rio Rancho, NM rollbacks take seconds.

Skills

Flexibility

Detail-oriented

Integrity

Communication

Estimation experience

Relocation willingness

Go

Elasticsearch

Laravel

Tools

Elasticsearch

Laravel

Go

Job description

The Software Engineer we hire will help HP pay down years of technical debt without anyone calling it a rewrite, using Elasticsearch sparingly and well. What lands on the table: 5-plus years behind you, $79,000 - $109,000 for it, and a runway at HP that keeps climbing.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to HP's Rio Rancho platform on a regular cadence
• Drive the Facilitation incident postmortem that stops the Rio Rancho outage from recurring
• Keep Go schemas backward-compatible so HP never forces a breaking upgrade
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Push Laravel changes safely behind flags so Rio Rancho, NM rollbacks take seconds

What You'll Bring

• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• Willingness to relocate to Rio Rancho, NM, or to make remote work
• At least 3 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny

At HP, an outcome-focused team in Rio Rancho, NM has spent years proving that Facilitation and Linux belong in the same conversation. Our NM team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

Beyond the $79,000 - $109,000 headline, we hand you a mentor, room to grow into mid-level work, and the freedom to shape your own week.

The hybrid seat is open right now, refreshed and ready for resumes.