Sr Cloud Developer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Fort Collins, CO

2d • $141,000 - $325,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Cloud Developer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-class software involving on-premises and cloud services for its Morpheus and VM Essentials products. The role focuses on scaling, optimizing, and evolving the platform and its plugins, including high-performance bare-metal or virtual compute and networking, secure workload isolation, and dynamic scheduling. The work will influence HPE Private Cloud solutions used in global enterprise environments. This is not a DevOps or Platform/Solution Engineer position.

The position is hybrid, with an average of two days per week in an HPE office. The role requires at least eight years of software engineering experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience. The stated annual base salary range is USD 148,500–281,500 in Colorado or USD 141,000–325,000 in Texas; variable incentives may also be offered. HPE describes benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing, as well as programs for personal and professional development.

Requirements

• Expert-level proficiency in Java, Groovy, or other JVM languages, with extensive backend/cloud development experience.
• At least 8 years of experience in Software Engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record designing and implementing cloud services and plugin-based architectures for extensibility and modularity.
• Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies on Linux or VMware platforms.
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem-solving abilities for complex distributed systems.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to drive technical vision and collaborate across teams.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with BMC/Redfish protocols for server management and automation is strongly preferred.
• Skills in L2/L3 networking programming, including Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, routing, and switching, are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly scalable, resilient backend systems using Java, Groovy, or other JVM-based languages, applying cloud-native principles.
• Lead the design and implementation of integrations with server management platforms, including BMC/Redfish, to automate server provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Develop orchestration services that interact with compute and networking devices through REST and CLI interfaces.
• Engineer and optimize L2/L3 networking programming to enable dynamic configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure.
• Define and enforce best practices for software architecture, code quality, security, and DevOps across the engineering team.
• Mentor and guide engineers, conduct code reviews, and foster technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and QA teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across server, storage, networking, and cloud domains.
• Document architectural decisions, system designs, and operational procedures for maintainability and knowledge sharing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing for employees and their loved ones.
• Programs for personal and professional development and career growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior