Backend Cloud Engineer - REMOTE

Backend Cloud Engineer - REMOTE 

Why you want to work at Flexion:  

We’re looking for a backend cloud engineer with an unwavering passion for agile development and automation to work on a mix of existing and greenfield applications. Most of the work we do at Flexion is on large-scale, enterprise-wide systems (both commercial and government)—this project in particular will help ensure that millions of Americans receive high-quality healthcare. 

Flexion is an agile software company that’s been delivering excellence for over 24 years. Our company culture is built on autonomy, trust, and transparency. We empower self-directed teams by hiring people like you who can solve complex problems through collaboration. This means lending a hand and flexing your multi-skilled muscles ( API development, CI/CD,  business processes automation, Infrastructure as Code, test automation, etc.) as needed. Every member within a cross-functional team is a leader who takes responsibility for the entire team’s success, which mirrors the company’s overall low bureaucracy structure. 

What the job looks like: 

You’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary foundational components team tasked with improving DevOps and software engineering practices for government enterprise systems in healthcare. We strive to automate all the things and build the highest quality software systems with modern, cloud-native tools and emerging technologies. The project work is primarily remote but may require some client on-site work estimated at <10% (typically a few times a year).

• Your work will primarily be comprised of:

• Software maintenance of existing Python applications

• Software maintenance of existing NodeJS applications

• Software maintenance of existing Terraform IaC

• Design and development of new Cloud and DevOps solutions to support business needs and growth

• Performing vulnerability analysis and remediation

• Documentation creation and maintenance

• Proactively searching for innovation and improvement opportunities for the supported systems and consult the client with the innovation options.

• Acting as a SME for many different technologies or solutions.

• Providing consultation around these areas where applicable to the clients and helping improve processes within and across team boundaries.

• You collaborate with team members to develop tools that support several product development teams across a broad line of business. At times this will be application development or infrastructure as code. At other times you will have a consultative role, developing recommendations with partners and customers.

• You consistently collaborate and pair with your team to design, code, test, debug, deploy and document software in an agile environment, including application framework components.

• You are a self-motivated individual who is willing to collaborate when problems and roadblocks arise. 

• You do independent study, and make progress on your own which you then share with the team.

• You can pivot quickly when changes arise.

• You are aware of security best practices, skilled in assessing security findings, and can monitor a live production system for errors and vulnerabilities.

• You contribute to the design and architecture of software and infrastructure to ensure projects meet goals for security, scalability, maintainability, availability, and resiliency. You clearly articulate and present the implications of design and architectural decisions, issues, and plans to program leaders and stakeholders.

• You collaborate with other teams to define supporting infrastructure and software tools needed to run and monitor software in a large scale environment. You socialize and coach cloud services tools, solutions, and services. 

• You learn and analyze new technologies and industry best practices to identify suitability for adoption by the development team, our partners, and customers.

• You develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will increase team velocity.

• You drive a quality mindset within the team.

• You value a psychologically safe environment to further collaboration and discussions on the team.

• You use your excellent communication skills to build relationships with other teams.

Why we want to hire you:

You can design small pieces as you go, while still thinking about how they fit into the whole. You welcome change as a positive thing and never look at anything you deliver as “final.” You understand when “good enough” really IS good enough, without ever compromising on the overall product quality.  You want to work with team members who challenge and support you every day. 

You have these attributes:

• A history of technical leadership, excellent communications, relationship building and positive attitude.

• A self-starting, go-getter attitude. 

• Passionate about learning new technologies and the ability to do so quickly.

• Dedicated to agile engineering practices.

• Write tested, high-quality code efficiently.

You have these essential skills & knowledge:

• Experience developing cloud application architectures, especially AWS.

• Experience in application development and deployment (NodeJS / Python / Terraform).

• Basic Linux networking, shell scripting and administration skills.

• Using design patterns and software engineering best practices.

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.

• Expertise in deploying and troubleshooting deployment issues locally and remotely.

• Expertise building APIs using a microservices architecture.

• Experience with automated unit testing, end-to-end testing, smoketests and application monitoring.

• Experience with Docker, preferably Amazon ECS.

• Continuous Integration using GitHubActions.

• Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, AWS CDK.

You have this background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other IT related degree or two (2) additional years of experience in the Information Technology field in lieu of a degree for a total of eight (8) years of experience.

• 6 years of experience that includes  at least 3 years of devops experience and at least 3 years of application development experience.

• Strong consulting skills with a focus on understanding client needs, delivering tailored solutions, and communicating effectively at all levels.

At Flexion, we live by these principles:

• Speak openly and honestly with your colleagues and clients about problems and proposed solutions

• Welcome and handle changing requirements and priorities with little or no warning

• Collaborate online in small groups about 50% of the time

• Encourage simple and minimal solutions that keep options open

• Expect and vocally advocate for quality first

• Learn new practices and techniques as the situation demands

• Ensure the teams develop demonstrable software every week or two

• Do what needs to be done to deliver the product or project without ego or attitude

• Dig deep to find the root causes of problems so we can create the right solutions

• Relentlessly improve yourself, your team, and your processes

Additional job perks:

• Company sponsored training.

• Weekly time allocated for professional development.