Sr. Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure and Devops
About The Position
This job delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It involves advising management on project-level issues, guiding junior engineers, operating with little supervision, and applying knowledge of technical best practices. Our Cloud Platform & Infrastructure organization builds and operates the foundational services that power Venmo's platform: compute, networking, routing, observability, and developer platform capabilities used by every product team at Venmo. We believe great infrastructure should be invisible to the teams who rely on it; fast, secure, and reliable by default. We partner closely with SRE, security, and product engineering teams to build automated, self-service systems at scale, and we hold ourselves to a high bar for engineering rigor and operational excellence. Our Cloud Network & Routing team owns the network & routing layers that connect Venmo's applications to the internet and to each other: CDN, proxy, web application firewall and security, ingress and routing, and internal traffic management across our AWS environment. We work hand-in-hand with the rest of the Cloud Platform & Infrastructure org, including compute, storage, SRE, and security teams, to make sure traffic is fast, secure, and reliable at every hop. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will deliver complete solutions spanning all phases of the SDLC for our network and routing systems. You are a hands-on contributor who mentors other engineers and product owners, drives best practices, and operates with a high degree of independence while being accountable for results.
Requirements
- 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor's in computer science or related field of study
- 5+ years' experience in software development or a related field
- 3+ years' hands-on experience with cloud networking (AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ELB/ALB/NLB, or equivalent)
- Hands-on experience with CDN and edge delivery services (AWS CloudFront or similar)
- Experience configuring and operating WAF or other edge security tooling
- Experience with Envoy, Contour, or similar service mesh / ingress controller technologies
- Experience with nginx or similar reverse proxy and load-balancing technologies
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL, routing protocols, and load balancing algorithms
- Hands-on programming and scripting (Python, Go, Bash)
- Hands-on experience with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
Nice To Haves
- Engineering in Cloud Platform & Infrastructure
Responsibilities
- Makes technical decisions affecting multiple teams, crossing organizational boundaries
- Establishes conventions & processes to be followed by other employees
- Actions determine the utilization of company resources (people, money, assets) and affect the effectiveness of the company
- Handles multiple, multi-team initiatives simultaneously, using judgement to prioritize among more issues than can be handled individually.
- Understands evolving industry capabilities & practices and can judiciously apply up--to-date information for optimal results
- Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
- Spreads their behavior, principles, and knowledge as a means of improving technical results of other employees (via many means – modeling behavior, 1:1s, working sessions, quality documentation)
- Partners with product management, to ideate solutions to business problems & goals
- Delivers complete solutions spanning all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (design, implementation, testing, delivery and operations), based on definitions from more senior roles.
- Advises immediate management on project-level issues
- Guides junior engineers
- Operates with little day-to-day supervision, making technical decisions based on knowledge of internal conventions and industry best practices
- Applies knowledge of technical best practices in making decisions
- Design, build, and operate cloud network and routing infrastructure across our AWS environment, including VPCs, transit gateways, load balancers, and service mesh
- Build, tune, and operate our cloud CDN and edge delivery using AWS CloudFront to improve performance, availability, and global reach
- Configure and maintain WAF rules and other edge security controls to protect services from DDoS, bot, and application-layer attacks
- Operate and extend Envoy- and Contour-based ingress and service mesh for both north-south and east-west traffic
- Configure and maintain nginx-based reverse proxy and load-balancing services
- Partner with SRE, security, and product engineering teams across the Cloud Platform & Infrastructure org on shared networking and edge initiatives
- Troubleshoot network incidents such as latency, packet loss, routing failures, and TLS/certificate issues; identify root cause and implement fixes and preventive measures
- Develop and improve infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) to manage networking and routing configuration
- Participate in an on-call rotation supporting network, routing, and edge services
- Document designs, runbooks, and operational best practices
Benefits
- generous paid time off
- healthcare coverage for you and your family
- resources to create financial security
- support your mental health
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
