Element 84 Sr. Cloud Software Engineer

About the Job

Element 84 is hiring a Sr. Cloud Software Engineer to join our team in building software that uses the latest cloud-based capabilities and technologies for meaningful projects in the public and private sector. You'll join a small team of multidisciplinary designers and engineers working to solve challenging problems in geospatial, healthcare, disaster response, and transportation. We're a small company with big roles, and you'll be able to make an impact on day one.

You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.

Remote candidates welcome.

Qualifications

Here are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset:

Required Skills:

• 5+ years Experience with Python


• Experience with shell scripting


• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) including at a minimum EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda and Terraform


• Ability to work as a member of small team using the Scrum methodology


• Firm commitment to automated testing and continuous integration


• Proponent of continuous improvement; willingness to bring new ideas to the team


• Energetic, self-motivated, team player


• Degree in a technical major, such as Computer Science or Engineering

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Geospatial Python libraries


• Experience with basic networking


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (i.e Jenkins or any other that is similar)


• Experience working in a development team using an Agile methodology (preferably Scrum or SAFe)


• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo)


• Experience presenting at technical conferences


• AWS Certification (Associate Level)


• Experience with Docker