This role is part of the CAD Infrastructure Development group, focusing on building and evolving distributed systems that support large-scale product demands. The position emphasizes collaboration with multiple engineering teams to develop scalable, event-driven platforms. The successful candidate will work with cloud-native technologies and contribute to the platform infrastructure that enhances product reliability and performance. This highly visible role requires a passion for technical discussions and innovative ideas.

• Experience in software development with a focus on backend or distributed systems.
• Experience in backend or systems-level languages, such as Go, Java, or Python.
• Experience in using version control systems, such as Git.
• Experience operating within containerized and cloud-native environments.
• Experience debugging complex distributed workflows and service interactions.
• Experience with software quality methodologies, including code review, regression testing, and coverage analysis.
• Minimum requirement of BS + 3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and container orchestration in a production environment.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS.
• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD methodologies, platforms, and tools, such as ArgoCD, Jenkins, or similar.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, including service communication patterns and consistency trade-offs.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and an architectural mindset.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform or Pulumi.
• Familiarity with API design principles across REST and gRPC.
• Knowledge of microservices patterns, including service discovery and circuit breakers.

• Contribute to the development of distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Collaborate with multiple product and engineering teams to implement scalable platforms.
• Increase system reliability and improve development velocity.
• Deliver high-quality services at scale.
• Participate in design discussions and contribute ideas to enhance the team's technical direction.

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