Software Engineer - Cloud Platform

Octopus Deploy; Myrtle Point (OR); Remote; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Software Engineer to join its Cloud Platform team. The role involves managing Azure resources, developing applications in C#, and contributing to infrastructure improvements. Ideal candidates should have a solid understanding of cloud technologies and a passion for automation and operational excellence.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Paid sick and carers leave

Fully paid parental leave

Stock options

Qualifications

• Firm grasp of software engineering using C# and/or TypeScript.
• Enjoy automating builds, tests, deployments, and operational tasks.
• Participate in a 'you built it, you run it' culture.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise Azure resources for cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to application development and feature integration.
• Monitor infrastructure health and resolve operational issues.

Skills

C#

TypeScript

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Dependency Management

Automation

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Join our Cloud Platform team and apply your Software Engineering mindset and skills, in combination with DevOps, SRE, or similar knowledge, to solve infrastructure problems through code (mostly C#).

For example, you will manage and optimise various Azure resources, ensuring that the cloud-based infrastructure scales efficiently and remains reliable. Additionally, you will contribute to improving infrastructure, whether that involves integrating new Azure services, refining deployment processes, or implementing best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment. You’ll be supported in growing your skills and learning from more experienced engineers. This is a remote role based in Australia or New Zealand.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Monitoring and Optimisation of Azure resources.
• Contribute to infrastructure improvement initiatives.
• Application Development: Contribute to and enhance internal portal and custom modules in C#; Ensure smooth deployment and integration of features.
• Operations and Maintenance: Monitor infrastructure health; Resolve operational issues and minimize downtime; Respond to customer requests; Involved in incident management and on-call roster.
• Key Technologies: Azure (AKS, SQL, Storage Accounts, Azure Functions, and other cloud services), Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• You have a firm grasp of the software trade using C# and/or TypeScript.
• You apply concepts like dependency and extensibility with support from your team.
• You enjoy automating builds, tests, deployments, infrastructure, and operational tasks.
• You participate in a 'you built it, you run it' culture with guidance from senior engineers, where teams take pride in the quality of their work and the availability of their systems, with many people joining our humane on-call program.
• You can work independently, motivating yourself to do high-quality work on time and communicating with your teammates when you need help or are ready for something new.
• You enjoy collaborating with other people to solve problems, challenging each other to discover the best solution for a problem using a balance of passion, pragmatism, and empathy.
• You are a results-oriented person, focused on iteratively delivering valuable things to your customers, willingly changing direction based on clear and transparent business information, and someone who helps others do the same.

Compensation

Octopus has an internally open and transparent system for compensation. Any Octonaut can view the compensation for any role at any level. This ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same.

The compensation for this role is:

Level 2 (Intermediate): Maturing: $115k AUD / $125k NZD, Performing: $135k AUD / $145k NZD

Salaries exclude Super and KiwiSaver.

Benefits

Benefits include a minimum of 25 days annual leave, up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options, and stock options. Learn more.

Interview Process

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role. We know interviewing can seem daunting, but rest assured we designed our interview process to move quickly while still getting you all the information you need.

Initial chat

[30 min] Talent acquisition screen: Meet with your Talent Acquisition team and get a feel for what it would be like to be an Octonaut!

Take-Home Challenge

[2-4 hours] Technical assessment: Complete a bespoke technical challenge at your own pace. This is evaluated by our Software Engineers to determine if we progress to the Live Code interview

Live Code Interview

[75 min] Live Code Interview: Discuss your solution with two of our Software Engineers. Pair program to extend your solution in the final 15 minutes.

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