Remote Software Engineer

Description:

• Acquia is seeking a Software Engineer to join the AI Services team focused on building applications and APIs around AI to enhance the digital experience platform (DXP).
• The role requires innovation, collaboration, and an agile mindset, with a critical ability to quickly prototype, learn, and iterate on concepts.
• Responsibilities include understanding and refining product requirements, participating in RFC reviews, contributing to coding, PR reviews, documentation, and automated tests to meet Sprint goals.
• The engineer will ensure compliance with CICD, coding, operations, and security best practices.
• Participation in experimentation and prototype building in a collaborative environment is expected, along with contributions to the core architectural platform and libraries.
• The role encourages a culture of observability by ensuring proper logging and monitoring of applications and services.
• Addressing security vulnerabilities and implementing R&D standards is part of the job.
• Collaboration with the architecture team to align with overarching architectural goals at Acquia is essential.
• The engineer will ensure software systems comply with contractual RTO and RPO requirements.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience is required.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, and SQL is necessary.
• Experience working with artificial intelligence and writing and consuming REST APIs is essential.
• Familiarity with Git is required.
• Experience with any cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is needed.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools, specifically Jenkins, is required.
• Experience in writing automated tests is necessary.
• The ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly is essential.
• A working knowledge of software design principles, programming languages, and frameworks in use is required.
• Strong knowledge of software development security principles and best practices is necessary.
• A solid understanding of software architecture and the trade-offs between different architectural patterns is required.
• Nice to have experience includes working with Snowflake, managing applications in a Kubernetes environment, writing SaaS applications in a distributed microservice ecosystem, and working with Elasticsearch or other NoSQL data stores.
• Additional nice to have skills include experience with PHP, Drupal, Gradle, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation).

Benefits:

• Acquia offers competitive healthcare coverage and wellness programs to support employee health.
• Employees benefit from flexible time off policies, allowing them to take time when needed.
• Parental leave and recognition programs are part of the benefits package.
• The company is committed to providing best-in-class benefits to help employees and their families maintain a healthy body and mind.