Software Engineer | Infrastructure

Gecko Robotics
New York, NY
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level DevOps professionals who can design and own cloud architecture solutions.

Best fit for

  • DevOps engineers with cloud platform experience and a focus on automation and observability
    — “Primary owner of Gecko’s Cloud, discovering and designing solutions for a well-architected cloud”
  • Candidates who have worked with government clients, particularly the DoD, and understand compliance needs
    — “Enable new business for Gecko by architecting solutions to achieve necessary certifications (e.g. DoD IL4/5)”
  • Individuals who can streamline development and deployment processes for teams with varying technical expertise
    — “Empowering engineers to manage and own their own deployments without needing extensive cloud expertise”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a strong presence in the New York City office, with limited remote flexibility
    — “We believe we do our best work when we're together in person. We’re an office-first culture”
  • Candidates must be prepared to handle a broad range of technical responsibilities beyond cloud ownership
    — “Contribute significantly to the Software Platform team’s other work”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with serverless, stateless, and event-driven architectures in your cloud projects
    — “Our cloud architecture is primarily serverless, stateless, and event-driven”
  • Showcase your history of building and maintaining technical documentation and procedures
    — “Experience in developing and maintaining technical documentation and procedures”
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in automation and CI/CD pipelines using tools like Terraform and Docker
    — “Previous experience with cloud automation, CI/CD, and Docker”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work independently and across teams with clear communication
    — “Ability to work both independently and with cross-functional teams”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • well-architected cloud
  • smooth CI/CD
  • effective onboarding
  • certifications
Typical background
DevOpscloud engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

DevOpsCloud AutomationCI/CDDockerLinuxCloud PlatformsTerraformObservabilitySecurityPerformance Optimization

Preferred

PythonGCPUS Government ExperienceDod Experience

Stack & domain

PythonReactTypeScriptGCPDevOpsAutomationScriptingCloud AutomationCI/CDDockerLinuxTerraformCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsAttention To DetailLeadershipNegotiationProblem-solvingTechnologyCloud ServicesAIDataFinanceHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from Gecko Robotics via Ashby

WHAT WE DO

Gecko Robotics is helping the world’s most important organizations ensure the availability, reliability, and sustainability of critical infrastructure. Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure.

ROLE AT A GLANCE

The Software Platform team’s purpose is to empower software engineers, reduce unnecessary blockers, and increase our velocity to create exceptional products. They do this by making software effortless to build, deploy, and manage. Using automation, shared libraries, and DevOps tools, they solve the common software problems so other engineers can focus on Gecko’s unique challenges.

This role will specifically focus on leveling up our cloud architecture and automation, empowering engineers to manage and own their own deployments without needing extensive cloud expertise. We are looking for someone to become the primary owner of Gecko’s Cloud, supported by the rest of the team.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Primary owner of Gecko’s Cloud, discovering and designing solutions for a well-architected cloud

  • Operational excellence (i.e. observability)
  • Security, privacy, and compliance
  • Reliability
  • Cost optimization
  • Performance optimization
  • Contribute significantly to the Software Platform team’s other work
  • Smooth, intuitive, automated CI/CD
  • Customer authentication
  • Permission management
  • DevOps Tool management and optimization
  • Optimizing the local development experience
  • Effective onboarding and internal training
  • Enable new business for Gecko by architecting solutions to achieve necessary certifications (e.g. DoD IL4/5)

TECHNOLOGIES WE USE

We use a variety of technologies, but we primarily operate using Python, React, and Typescript with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our primary cloud provider. Our cloud architecture is primarily serverless, stateless, and event-driven. This is a non-exhaustive list and we are tech agnostic in our interview process, so we encourage you to apply regardless of your background.

ABOUT YOU

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Previous experience in a DevOps role
  • Strong automation/scripting skills
  • Previous experience with one or more cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.)
  • Previous experience with Terraform
  • Previous experience with cloud automation, CI/CD, and Docker
  • Proficiency with Linux and command line tools
  • Experience in developing and maintaining technical documentation and procedures
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Ability to work both independently and with cross-functional teams

PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Python
  • Experience working with the US Government (DoD specifically)
  • GCP specific experience

WHO WE ARE

At Gecko, our people are our greatest investment. In addition to competitive compensation packages, we offer company equity, 401(k) matching, gender-neutral parental leave, full medical, dental, and vision insurance, mental health, ongoing professional development, family planning assistance, and flexible paid time off. 

Gecko values collaboration, innovation, and partnership, and we believe we do our best work when we're together in person. We’re an office-first culture but understand that sometimes you may need to work from home. Many people are in the office five days a week, others need a bit more flexibility. Ultimately, we care about the outcomes we achieve - and creating a culture of autonomy and trust that enables that impact.

Gecko is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission to protect today’s infrastructure and give form to tomorrow’s. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our critical mission, we’d love to hear from you.

Source: Gecko Robotics careers (Ashby)

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