Developer Tools Engineer

at Riverbed Technology, Inc in Champaign, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Developer Tools Engineer
Job Locations

US-IL-Champaign

Category 
Engineering  

Req No. 
2024-7517
Riverbed. Empower the Experience

Riverbed, the leader in AI observability, helps organizations optimize their user's experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed's open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improves IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally - including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 - we are empowering next-generation digital experiences. 

Position

Position: Developer Tools Engineer
Location: Champaign, IL office 

What you will do

The Engineering Operations team at Riverbed is a skilled team of developers who work with other teams to improve engineering productivity. Our team has a high standard for repeatability, reliability, and robustness in the tools and services that we deploy and maintain. Our objective is to streamline engineering's operational practices and drive continuous improvements in quality, reliability, and efficiency. You'll be working with collaborative, motivated, professional engineers who are intent on getting the right result, utilizing cutting-edge methodologies to create new tools and enhance existing ones. We are looking for passionate, out-of-the-box thinkers who want to take pride in building, releasing, and supporting cloud and on-premise applications and appliances.
What you'll do:
Develop automation to reduce/remove manual operations (Python, Java, bash, ssh, Linux, git)
Improve robustness by adding metrics, monitoring, and automatic recovery (Icinga, DataDog, PagerDuty)
Rotate with other team members as first point-of-contact for helping other with tools and services (Jira, Confluence)
Add functionality to CI/CD pipelines (Bamboo, Jenkins, Bitbucket)
Work with the team using agile development processes (Scrum, Kanban)
Maintain/update deployments in cloud environments (Ansible, AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, Kubernetes)

What makes you an ideal candidate

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Stong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems and computer networking
Experience writing code in an Object-Oriented programming paradigm
You are a good programmer that writes readable, testable, and maintainable code
Strong Linux skills and have hands on experience to troubleshoot issues
Willing to learn new technologies and skills as necessary
Programmed in other common scripting languages (Ruby, Perl, JavaScript)
Knowledge of best practices for creating and consuming REST APIs
Experience writing library level code and python packages
Strong and clear communicator that can concisely explain complex software design consideration
Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams
What we offer

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.
Benefits & Perks vary by Country. 

About Riverbed

With a 20-year history of innovation, Riverbed is agile, yet proven, and we are disrupting the market with differentiated solutions that enable our customers to deliver secure, seamless digital experiences and accelerate enterprise performance While we are a 'customer-first' company, we are all about our people with a shared commitment to creating a global impact. We bring our best selves to work and pursue excellence, trust, and respect for one another. We welcome diversity and value and encourage transparency and open communication throughout the company. We strive to be an inclusive, fair, and enjoyable workplace for our people globally and care about their wellbeing. We are committed to our people, partners, and customers while supporting the communities where we work and live. It's the Power of WE that binds us together.
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Riverbed is proud to be an affirmative action (AA) and equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.