Software Engineer II: Scalable Cloud Solutions

Ookla; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ookla is seeking a Software Developer II to join a collaborative engineering team that designs, develops, and maintains high-quality software powering our products and platforms. You will work across backend services, web applications, APIs, and data platforms to tackle complex technical challenges at global scale.

You will design, develop, test, and maintain software, write clean and well-tested code, and participate in code reviews while improving performance, reliability and observability of

Qualifications

• Experience developing and maintaining software applications or services.
• Strong programming skills in one or more modern programming languages.
• Experience building scalable and maintainable software.
• Familiarity with APIs, databases and distributed or cloud-based systems.
• Understanding of software engineering principles, including testing, debugging and code quality.
• Experience with version control and modern software development practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Proactive mindset and willingness to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain high-quality software and services.
• Contribute to scalable, reliable and maintainable applications and platforms.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective technical solutions.
• Write clean, efficient and well-tested code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain high code quality.
• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve issues across applications and services.
• Contribute to performance, scalability, reliability and observability of our systems.
• Participate in technical discussions and continuous improvement of our software and engineering practices.
• Work with modern development, cloud and DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD.
• Continuously develop your technical knowledge and contribute ideas that improve our products, technology and ways of working.

Skills

Programming languages

Software development

APIs & databases

Distributed systems

Version control

Problem solving

Collaboration

Learning mindset

Tools

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Containerization

Job description

Ookla is seeking a Software Developer II to join a collaborative engineering team that designs, develops, and maintains high-quality software powering our products and platforms. You will work across backend services, web applications, APIs, and data platforms to tackle complex technical challenges at global scale.

You will design, develop, test, and maintain software, write clean and well-tested code, and participate in code reviews while improving performance, reliability and observability of