Senior Software Engineer; Tools

Senior Software Engineer

100% Remote (US Based Only)

• We cannot sponsor or transfer any visas, of any kind, at this time*

Senior Engineering Manager

$165,000 to $190,000

• The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations

Ocient is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Tools & Developer Platform team to own and evolve sophisticated test automation and analysis infrastructure while contributing broadly to developer experience and tooling.

• Build automation and services (primarily using Python) to operate and test the Ocient distributed database system and integrations
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and build the tooling to fulfill those needs
• Maintain and extend existing tooling for performance testing and analysis and the automation that keeps tests reproducible
• Produce documentation for future maintainers and concise runbooks for developers

• Demonstrated growth mindset and ability to learn new languages and systems rapidly
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
• 4+ years professional software engineering experience
• Strong systems thinking and software fundamentals
• Comfortable working in Linux, with shell tooling, debugging tools, and CI systems
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently

• Strong familiarity with advanced Python features and typing
• Data gathering and analysis skills, a scientific mindset is a plus
• Experience operating and/or performance tuning a distributed database system
• Familiarity managing test infrastructure, including infrastructure as code tools

Candidates will be required to download and install the Hacker Rank Desktop Application to complete coding assessments and technical interviews as part of our hiring process.