Sr. Software Engineer - Cloud/Hybrid Applications

RETHINK MANUFACTURING  
The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines®, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.  
Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you. 
ABOUT THE ROLE
R&D team at Bright Machines are responsible for defining and implementing the systems that make Software Defined Manufacturing possible. Our intelligent & cloud connected automation solutions and software applications are deployed in factories to automate the assembly of critical components necessary for building modern AI-Factories and support manufacturing operations for some of the biggest names in the industry. Our integrated solution consists of both on-prem infrastructure like full network stack (with switches, routers, firewalling) and cloud-native software applications running on-prem and in the cloud to operate and monitor the robotic assembly lines.
You will work directly with R&D, Software Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to develop and operate a scalable & secure cloud Infrastructure on multiple cloud service providers & cloud native applications to deploy & operate mission-critical automation solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

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Design and Implement our Hybrid infrastructure:
• Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and highly available cloud & hybrid infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IaC) and standard software toolsets
• Collaborate with application teams to define cloud architecture, strategy, and best practices

Design and Implement our suite of business intelligence automation-line monitoring applications:
• Work closely with our talented Automation Core and Automation Application teams to design and implement business logic powering our cloud-first monitoring and performance applications
• Manage continuous improvements and feature implementations paired with our Product Managers and Product Owners
• Design and monitor our CI/CD, Monitoring, and Multi-cloud stacks

Infrastructure as Code:
• Develop and maintain IaC templates using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Ensure infrastructure is version-controlled, automated, and aligned with DevOps practices.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and updates.

Security and Compliance:
• Ensure cloud infrastructure adheres to security best practices and compliance requirements (e.g. SOC 2 or ISO 27001).
• Implement and manage security controls, observability, monitoring, and logging to protect cloud resources.
• Conduct regular security assessments and audits.

Scalability and Performance:
• Design and implement strategies for scalability, performance optimization, and cost management.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements.
• Establish disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

WHAT WE WANT TO SEE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience working with hybrid on-prem and cloud applications, with at least 2 years in a technical lead role.
• Proven track-record of building & maintaining Cloud Infrastructure for mission critical SaaS applications / services.
• Expertise in public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, (and/or Google Cloud)
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes & containerization tools, both managed and self-hosted on-prem deployments.
• As both a cloud/hybrid architect and a software engineer, proficiency in a Java web applications is a must.
• Experience with DevOps scripting languages such as Bash, Python and/or Go.
• In-depth understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Architectural familiarity designing and implementing business intelligence applications that are deployment agnostic.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert