Software Engineer IV

Rackspace Technology; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Software Engineer IV to design and create a database from scratch. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and customer applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering, Linux systems, and Python, particularly in cloud environments like AWS. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects in a supportive and inclusive environment, where diverse perspectives drive innovation and empower customers. Join the mission to embrace technology and deliver the future.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience on enterprise-level systems.
• Strong Linux and Python experience for automating infrastructure workflows.

Responsibilities

• Support high complexity customers and internal teams as needed.
• Collaborate on tools for systems automation and development.

Skills

Software Engineering

Linux Systems

Python

Cloud Environments (AWS)

Infrastructure-As-Code

Monitoring Technologies (Sensu, Nagios)

Kubernetes

Configuration Management (Ansible, Salt)

Tools

Ansible

Salt

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Job Summary: Rackspace is hiring for a Software Engineer IV. In this exciting role you’ll be designing and creating a database from the ground up. This is not maintaining something that someone else created... you will truly be creating it!

Work Location: US-Remote

Key Responsibilities:

• Support high complexity customers and internal teams on an as-needed basis.
• Collaborate with other teams on tools for systems automation and development.
• Work in conjunction with multiple teams to make sure that Rackspace infrastructure and customer applications work harmoniously together.

Qualifications:

• 6+ Years of software engineering experience on mission-critical, enterprise level systems.
• 6+ Years of Linux systems experience, ideally Ubuntu, SUSE and CentOS, managing large scale complex applications.
• 6+ Years professional experience in Python language to automate infrastructure workflow.
• Demonstrated Linux/Systems experience in hybrid (cloud, on-prem) environment.
• Experience with Ansible, Salt or similar configuration management tool to manage infrastructure as code.
• Experience working with cloud environments, primarily AWS.
• Experience using Infrastructure-As-Code to build large scale environments.
• Understanding of software development methodologies and practices, including agile development, continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Experience in monitoring technologies like Sensu, Nagios, Icinga, Grafana, Prometheus.
• Understanding Kubernetes, container lifecycle and troubleshooting.
• Prefer- Hands-on knowledge of high-availability approaches such as load balancing, failover, clustering and disaster recovery.
• Prefer- Container management/orchestration experience.
• Prefer- Experience using LXD system containers.

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting