Software Engineer Intern, Site Reliability Engineer

Job Responsibilities and Description

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless operation of our systems, accelerating our progress as safely and quickly as possible.
• Solve problems spanning from physical hardware deployment on the manufacturing line to high-level cloud architecture for distributed systems.
• Drive initiatives to encourage best practices, such as revamping the operating system deployment and provisioning for our surgical robot, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• Extract critical metrics from systems and monitors, such as our microfab cleanroom to monitor and enhance operational efficiency for implant & thread manufacturing.
• Partner with the teams across the company to build a robust infrastructure, such as with the Clinical team for our Patient Registry, identifying suitable participants for our groundbreaking research.
• Build and contribute to systems such as the Webgrid application used to perform Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) tasks.
• Provide technical leadership in software engineering across the entire company.

• Robust software engineering skills, and a track record of building tools & systems that solve problems or automate processes, particularly for software engineering.
• A solid understanding of core networking protocols, TCP/IP, UDP, ARP, DNS, DHCP, and an understanding of the OSI model of networking.
• Experience administrating modern Linux systems in production or production-like environments.
• Experience building hybrid cloud/on-prem infrastructure, in a codified manner, and with an understanding of the trade-offs of cloud vs on-prem solutions.
• Strong computer security fundamentals, and a drive for building systems that are simpler, faster, and more secure.
• Experience with the application of technical skills outside of the classroom (examples: laboratory, research, extracurricular project teams, open source contributions, volunteering, personal projects, or prior internship/work experience).

• Experience using IAC tools such as Terraform, Docker, Packer, Ansible, Cloud-Init, and/or Kickstart.
• Working knowledge of compiled languages, ideally Rust or C/C++.
• Working knowledge of major cryptographic protocols and authentication schemes such as TLS, x509, 802.1x, U2F, SAML.
• Systems administration experience on Windows and macOS.
• Experience supporting production lines, medical systems, and/or laboratory settings.

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is listed below.

California Hourly Flat Rate:
$35/Hr USD

Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.

• An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
• Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
• Paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Meals provided
• Equity + 401(k) plan
  * Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
• Parental leave
  * Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
• Flexible time off
  * Temporary Employees & Interns excluded