YLD · 23 hours ago
Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelYLD is a remote-first consultancy specializing in software engineering, product design, and data. The role involves being part of a client team to build innovative products, requiring skills in designing scalable architectures and effective communication in a fast-paced engineering environment.
ConsultingInternet of ThingsManagement ConsultingProfessional ServicesSoftwareSoftware Engineering
Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products
You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures
You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player
Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects
Qualification
Preferred
Deep understanding of DevOps principles, practices, and tooling with proven experience implementing them in complex organisations
Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly Azure services and architecture patterns
Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, operations, and best practices, including experience deploying and managing multi-cluster environments
Experience running stateful workloads on Kubernetes, including databases and persistent storage solutions
Strong understanding of cloud-native principles, patterns, and technologies (12-factor apps, service mesh, GitOps, etc.)
Experience establishing and measuring key reliability metrics (SLOs, MTTR, MTTI, Error Budgets)
Knowledge of modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.)
Hands-on experience developing infrastructure-as-code with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or CDK following GitOps practices
Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, compliance requirements, and security compliance frameworks
Experience implementing automated testing strategies for infrastructure and deployment pipelines
Strong experience coding, working with APIs, and automating tasks in Python
Good knowledge of routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF) and high-availability design patterns
Hands-on experience working with virtual cloud firewall appliances such as CheckPoint or Cisco
Hands-on experience with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, and excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
Good understanding of technology stacks from networks through to applications
Strong experience working in a fast-paced, open-source, Linux-focused environment
Experience working in an agile methodology; comfortable with code reviews and pairing
Ability to adapt, change, and grow quickly as the organisation scales
Benefits
Company Private Health Care
Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
€2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
€300 annual allowance for additional hardware
Mental Health support: access to Spill app
Meditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription
Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)
Company laptop
Generous referral schemes
Company
YLD
YLD helps enterprises win by delivering mission critical software built by the best web engineers in Europe
Founded in 2013
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase