Staff Software Engineer (Remote)
195k – 230kBurlingame, CARemote10+ YOE
Summary
Builds and operates scalable distributed systems, web services, and multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) for petabyte-scale data products in a remote-first environment. Requires 10+ years experience with Java and infrastructure-as-code.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Design and develop highly available services and infrastructure that operates across multiple geographic regions in a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Build, maintain, and operate SaaS, BYOC (Bring your own Cloud), and on-premise offerings.
- Maintain infrastructure-as-code for deploying resources on Kubernetes across multiple clouds.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and on-call rotations. Work collaboratively as a member of a cross-functional team to build end-to-end customer experiences
- Demonstrate full lifecycle ownership of the products and features built, including writing documentation, manual and automated testing, and participating in on-call rotations
Requirements
- 10+ years of industry experience spanning software development, architecture, cloud technology, networking, and modern application design.
- Experience building large-scale, API-first production web services (Java required)
- Production experience working with AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes and using infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform and Helm (AWS required)
- Strong oral and written communication skills; able to explain complex technical concepts at the appropriate levels for customers, non-technical stakeholders, and other engineers
- Build and operate systems in US Government Cloud environments (US citizenship required)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Bonus Points
- Experience with Oracle Cloud, GovCloud, Azure Cloud, Google Cloud
- Familiarity with the BYOC (Bring your own Cloud) deployment model
- A history of contributions to open source projects
Compensation
- $195,000 - $230,000
- Eligible to participate in Imply’s equity plan
Skills
JavaKubernetesAWSAzureGCPTerraformHelmAPISaaSBYOC
Similar roles at this salary range
All DevOps / SRE jobs →Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Observability
Staff SRE focused on building and scaling a comprehensive observability platform on GCP using Terraform, Splunk, and Grafana. Requires 5+ years GCP observability experience and strong coding skills in Python or Go.
194k – 267kBellevue, WA +4DevOps / SREHybrid5+ YOEGoGKE
Senior Platform Reliability Engineer
Senior Platform Reliability Engineer establishing reliability standards, observability, and incident response practices across engineering teams. Requires 6+ years operating production systems at scale with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern observability tooling.
182k – 250kSan Francisco, CA +2DevOps / SREHybrid6+ YOEAWSEKS