project44

Senior Software Engineer

project44$130K — $190K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering with leadership experience
  • Expertise in AWS (preferred), GCP or Azure, and Kubernetes-based orchestration
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Pulumi
  • Proven track record in building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • Strong scripting abilities in Python, Go, or Bash
  • Experience with complex distributed systems and Linux (Ubuntu) management
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools like Grafana, Nagios, and APM solutions like Datadog.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction for cloud infrastructure across AWS/GCP
  • Design and maintain fault-tolerant infrastructure for real-time data
  • Lead CI/CD pipeline evolution to enhance deployment speed and safety
  • Drive infrastructure-as-code standards and GitOps practice adoption
  • Champion observability and reliability practices to reduce MTTR
  • Collaborate with Security on compliant secrets management and network segmentation
  • Mentor and provide technical leadership to DevOps teams
  • Implement cost-optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure

Benefits

  • Stock options for all employees
  • Potential bonus or commission based on role
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off based on local standards
Full Job Description
The Role

project44 is looking for a Senior Devops Engineer to join our engineering team. You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment designing, building, and implementing best-in-class integrations to accelerate how project44 connects to the world's logistics networks.

What You'll Do
  • Set technical direction for cloud infrastructure strategy across AWS/GCP, including compute, networking, storage, and Kubernetes-based container orchestration.
  • Design, build, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure supporting a high-throughput, real-time data platform.
  • Lead the evolution of CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment velocity, safety, and developer experience across dozens of engineering teams.
  • Own infrastructure-as-code standards (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar) and drive adoption of GitOps practices.
  • Champion observability and reliability practices - SLOs/SLIs, incident response, on-call processes, and postmortems - to reduce MTTR and prevent recurrence.
  • Partner with Security to embed guardrails for secrets management, network segmentation, vulnerability remediation, and compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
  • Mentor and provide technical leadership to mid-level and senior DevOps/SRE engineers; conduct design and code reviews.
  • Drive cost-optimization initiatives across cloud spend without compromising reliability or performance.
  • Act as an escalation point for major incidents, driving root-cause analysis and long-term remediation.
  • Evaluate and introduce new tools, platforms, and automation to continuously modernize the infrastructure stack.


What You'll Bring
  • 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles, including experience leading technical initiatives.
  • Deep expertise with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure also relevant) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, or similar).
  • Strong hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi) and configuration management tools.
  • Proven track record building and scaling CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD).
  • Solid scripting/programming ability in Python, Go, or Bash for automation and tooling.
  • Experience building and operating complex distributed systems
  • Proficient in high level script languages such as Python or Groovy
  • Experience developing solutions leveraging Docker
  • Experience managing Linux (Ubuntu) systems
  • Configuration management experience with Ansible or Terraform
  • Building/implementing monitoring for network, server, application, and database layers
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, Grafana, CloudWatch
  • Experience with APM tools such as New Relic, AppDynamics, Datadog, Runscope
  • Experience with log aggregation systems using Logstash and Elasticsearch
  • Continuous integration, testing, and deployment using git, Jenkins
  • Experience with relational databases (Postgres)


Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorised to work in the US without current or future employer-sponsored visa support.

In-office Commitment: Our office is where ideas spark, connections thrive, and innovation comes alive. We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic and committed to joining our team on-site, in our beautiful headquarters 3 days a week. Together, we're building something extraordinary-learn, grow, and thrive in our fast-paced, transformative environment.

We continually evaluate our pay ranges to reflect skills, experience, and market conditions. The base salary offered will be determined by assessing a candidate's experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position, as well as the specific geographic location where the job will be performed. Base salary is one component of project44's total compensation package, which also includes stock options for all EOR and project44-employed team members, bonus or commission eligibility depending on role, and a benefits package tailored to your country of employment. Specific benefits package offerings vary by country and may include health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plans, and paid time off, in line with local market standards and statutory programs. The base salary range for this position is USD130,000 - USD190,000

About project44

project44 is a logistics technology company that provides cloud-based transportation management solutions. The company's platform provides real-time visibility into the transportation supply chain, enabling shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. project44's solutions include carrier onboarding, real-time tracking, predictive analytics, and automated freight invoice auditing. The company serves customers in various industries, including retail, manufacturing, and healthcare.
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Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2014

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