Have you heard of BlueCat? We’re one of those hidden gems that’s been disrupting the market as a key player in the rapidly growing space of Intelligent Network Operations. Organizations require a new model of network operations that links foundational core services with a deep, predictive understanding of network health and performance to improve change readiness. BlueCat’s Intelligent NetOps is a first-to-market combination of systems of understanding and change. BlueCat enables teams to enhance agility and mitigate risks from high rates of change with a unified management lifecycle, from provisioning to proactive troubleshooting and remediation.
At BlueCat, we take immense pride in our award-winning culture, an integral part of our identity. We are proud recipients of several prestigious accolades, including the "Great Place to Work" certification. By becoming a part of our team, you not only join a company at the forefront of technology but also become an integral member of Canada's top workplaces in various categories, including Technology, Today's Youth and Women, and Mental Health and Inclusion.
The BlueCat Cloud Platform team is responsible for powering all BlueCat SaaS products. Our mission is to deliver BlueCat products on a reliable, fast, globally distributed, and cost-effective enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure. Central to this mission is our API-first strategy, as we fully embrace a product model where APIs are integral to everything we create.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Developer with strong communication, and collaboration abilities to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in cloud-native technologies, with a focus on Golang.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll contribute toward development of the BlueCat Cloud Platform, a large-scale distributed system built by leveraging technologies like Debian, AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, event-driven message bus systems, modern software architecture (asynchronous Python and Golang), and a plethora of Open-Source technologies.You’ll enhance our Service Point, a Debian-based cloud-managed appliance for delivering DDI solutions.You’ll design and build high-performance real-time microservices, taking significant ownership of key components of the stack.Researches, writes and edits documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, estimations, test plans, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
Qualifications
5+ years' experience in software engineering with 3+ years commercial experience in cloud distributed systems and high scale designs with Golang,You are passionate about building great REST APIs (and helping others do the same).Experience in cloud technologies like Kubernetes, Redis, Elastic Search, SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL or equivalentGood understanding of public cloud design considerations and limitations in areas of microservice architectures, security, global network infrastructure, distributed systems, and load balancing. Hands-on experience in AWS (Azure and GCP is a plus) with strong cloud service trouble-shooting skillsDeep familiarity of Linux systems (particularly Debian), especially the security & network subsystems, package management, system configuration and scripting in Bash or Python.Experience with designing and building virtual appliances. Automate creating and deploying virtual machines using tools such as Packer, Ansible, Terraform, etc.Automated testing with localstack, wiremock and knowledge of the testing pyramid.Knowledge of networking fundamentals and beyond (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/S)Experience with encryption and key managementExperience with multi-tasking & concurrent algorithmsExposure to data concurrency and consistency in a multiuser environmentFamiliarity with database scaling architectures, replication methods and performance tuning.Knowledgeable about SDLC, Kanban and Agile Software Engineering MethodologyTeam working skills, good communication skillsExperience with CI/CD pipelines, especially gitlab
