MTS IV, Software Engineer - IaaS

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design for microservices powering IaaS platform components
• Author and maintain high-quality technical design documents, solution overviews, and interface contracts
• Design, develop, and maintain resilient microservices using Go or Python frameworks
• Implement and evolve RESTful APIs and asynchronous messaging interfaces
• Apply microservices patterns such as service discovery, circuit breaker, retry, and API gateway
• Ensure code quality, modularity, and scalability through strong engineering practices and architectural guidance
• Work closely with DevOps team to review and guide CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes
• Deploy and manage services on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions
• Work with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and QA engineers
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to optimize deployment and infrastructure
• Implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, and contract testing
• Perform load testing and performance optimization
• Debug and troubleshoot distributed systems issues
• Ensure code quality through automated testing and code review processes

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10-15 years of relevant software engineering experience with at least 3+ years as a technical lead or architect
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical design efforts and owning end-to-end delivery
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and design reviews
• Ability to travel to domestic or international locations as required, up to 5%
• Linux administration and internals (systemd, boot process, kernel tuning)
• Kernel/user-space interface debugging: strace, perf, dmesg, lsof, sysctl
• Experience with PXE boot, iPXE, DHCP, TFTP, and node bootstrapping tools like Tinkerbell, Foreman, MAAS
• Knowledge of immutable OS builds (CoreOS, Talos, Yocto, Buildroot), disk imaging, and secure boot
• Proficiency in Go for systems-level services and Python for automation or API development
• Strong software design skills with object-oriented and functional programming
• Experience with Docker container design, security, lifecycle, and preferably Kubernetes or K3s

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes or K3s in bare-metal or hybrid environments
• Experience with interface versioning, API pagination, error models, and performance optimization
• Experience with cloud deployment on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with hardware provisioning, UEFI/BIOS, RAID, BMC (IPMI/Redfish)

Benefits & Perks

• Highly competitive, comprehensive, and flexible benefits program
• Paid time off: flexible personal and vacation days, 14 vacation days, 7 sick days, 3 personal days, 11 company holidays
• Health Insurance options from Aetna and Kaiser, Dental PPO and DMO, Vision insurance
• 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, fully vested from day 1
• Additional offerings include wellness programs, counseling, FSA & HSA, life insurance, disability, critical illness, accident insurance, legal assistance, pet insurance, identity theft protection, dependent care FLSA, education assistance, commuter program, employee purchase program, service awards