Software Reliability Engineer

jobboard; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

jobboard is hiring a Software Reliability Engineer in a hybrid NYC area setup. The role emphasizes practical DevOps and SRE work, with roughly 70 percent coding and configuration to enable safe, rapid releases.

Candidates should have TDD experience, JVM languages and TypeScript proficiency, and strong security and observability knowledge. Expect collaboration across engineering teams on infrastructure, tooling, and deployment automation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) across multiple test frameworks.
• Strong ability to select automation testing approaches and leverage AI assistance.
• Proficiency in JVM languages and TypeScript.
• Solid coding skills and secure coding practices.
• Experience with Docker, OpenShift, and build tools (Gradle, Maven, npm).
• Familiar with Linux (Red Hat) environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams to improve release cadence and vulnerability resolution.
• Wrap applications with a suite of tests, including local smoke tests as part of deployments.
• Integrate test data and implement data masking in non-prod environments.
• Upgrade runtimes and libraries to latest major versions and maintain current dependencies.
• Implement continuous library updates using Renovate and improve source control and code reviews.
• Ensure secure coding practices and authentication/authorization patterns.
• Automate deployment processes, including database changes with Liquibase and software with Ansible.
• Establish standard observability patterns and improve logging and error handling.

Skills

TDD

Automation testing

AI coding

Coding skills

Observability

Deployment architecture

CI/CD

Security best practices

JVM languages

TypeScript

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Gradle

Maven

npm

Ansible

Spring

RedHat Linux

Job description

Who We Are: We are a fast growing business and technology consultant company co founded in 2019. We offer a custom tailored, white glove engineering service fit for our clients, because a digital transformation is more than just technology. With a successful track record of being a preferred vendor for Fortune 500 companies and as a trusted partner for some of the industries leading companies, our global talent has helped many clients achieve their goals.

Software Reliability Engineer

We are seeking experienced, hands on Software Reliability Engineers to act as evangelists for continuous integration, testing, and safe, automated deployments. This is a practical DevOps and SRE role for practitioners who lead by example to make change safe and easy for development teams. The position is roughly 70 percent coding and configuration.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams facing challenges getting to safe and rapid release cadence, or struggling with vulnerability resolution.
• Wrapping the application in a suite of well designed tests, most of which can run locally, including smoke tests to be run as part of the deployment process.
• Sourcing and integrating appropriate test data, implementing data masking in lower environments
• Upgrading to supported runtimes (generally Java or NPM).
• Containerizing applications where feasible.
• Upgrading open source libraries to their latest available major versions (e.g., migrating from Spring 2). Upgrading to the latest version of all dependencies, whether installed software, libraries, internal code, base images or operating system. Implementing processes that allow us seamlessly to stay current
• Implementing continuous library updates using Renovate. o Introducing best practice source control and branch management o Improving code review processes
• Ensuring best practice security patterns, secrets management, authentication and authorisation
• Simplifying and automating application deployment processes, including automated database changes with Liquibase and installed software with Ansible.
• Introducing standard observability patterns.
• Overhauling exception handling and logging.
• Implementing resilient hot-hot cross datacenter deployment topologies.

Required Qualifications

• Several years of experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Really excellent understanding of the different approaches to automation testing and an ability to choose the best approach and drive outcomes with AI support
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills
• An excellent understanding of safe practices for critical systems, including deployment architecture and observability
• At home with multiple continuous integration and deployment systems
• Excellent understanding of secure coding practices
• Competent with Docker and Openshift
• Actively embracing AI coding
• Comfortable with build automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, and npm.
• Competent with (RedHat ) Linux
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous

Location & Work Environment

• Hybrid work model
• Collaborative, fast paced, engineering driven environment
• Strong emphasis on hands on engineering, technical autonomy, problem solving, and cross team impact

The base salary range for this position is $145,000.00 – $175,000.00 annually. This range represents the good faith minimum and maximum salary the Company believes it would pay for this role at the time of this posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.