Software Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes)

Company: Mitchell Martin Inc.
Location: Houston
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

Please note this position is only open to W2 candidates at this time - U.S. Citizens, GC's***No C2C at this time

Job Title: Software Services Engineer (Kubernetes)Contract duration: 6-12 months with possible extension or conversionWork Location: Plano, TX or Remote- Top 3 Skills:-Kubernetes, typescript and nest.js-Write and deploy code-AWS- Project: Working on a game streaming service through the company where users can download the app and play games straight through there without an external game console.
Major Responsibilities:--- Work with engineering teams, product/business, service providers and third-party vendors across multiple locations--- Ensure that project milestones are met in terms of features, quality and time for the E2E system--- Expand and enhance the functionality of microservices in Kubernetes using Agile methods and tools, actively participate in an integrated devops team and be responsible for the overall setup--- Develop new functionality in accordance to the overall architecture and while preserving and enhancing existing functionality, help advance the overall architecture whenever necessary--- Research, prototype and develop solutions for various cutting-edge issues, scalability problems etc--- Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results--- Conduct integration, integration tests and performance tests of the E2E system including external dependencies, improve the system to meet performance and reliability requirements--- Maintain the overall Production live system highly available at all times while expanding its functionality--- Debug Production issues raised by customers and customer support teams, isolate the cause and work towards a fix
Background, Experience & Qualifications:--- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering--- 8+ years of software development experience in a large-scale Production environmento Full Stack: Strong AWS, Kubernetes, Javascript/Typescript/NodeJS, E2Eo (optional) Front End: React.js--- Experience with development, dependency injection, unit tests and mocking, integration tests, performance tests for backend microservices with modern technologies including Javascript, Typescript, NodeJS, Express, NestJS, Swagger, Docker, Kafka, MySQL incl sharding, Elasticsearch, Jest, Git, authentication/authorization/OAuth etc--- Experience with the devops approach, continuous integration, continuous deployment, monitoring and maintenance of deployments in the AWS cloud with technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab CICD, Jenkins, Terraform, Helm/Helmfile, Ansible etc--- Experience with overall use of AWS technologies including EKS, Amazon MSK, RDS, Amazon OpenSearch, ElastiCache, EC2, VPC, ASG, ELB, ECR, S3, CloudFront, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM etc
Necessary Skills / Attributes:--- Ability to solve problems in a fast paced and dynamic environment with focus on maintaining high quality and standards--- Ability to communicate in writing, through email and reports, or orally complex technical matters to an audience of equal or higher-level technical competency--- Ability to deliver and accept feedback on code and design--- Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms--- Strong experience with domain-driven design and working with REST and event-driven microservice architectures in Kubernetes--- Strong ability to debug unfamiliar distributed architectures and isolate problems

Keywords: Mitchell Martin Inc., Houston , Software Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes), IT / Software / Systems , Houston, Texas