ABOUT WIND RIVER

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world.  Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and  building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The right candidate will possess proven software engineering skills.  You are expected to be versatile and able to thrive in a dynamic environment. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and can bring order to ambiguous scenarios. Maturity, impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead are essential to success in this role.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

·          Develop software related to containerized applications.

·          Lead and develop high quality designs and code based on Kubernetes, containerd, Helm, and other container related technologies.

·          Work as part of a team focused on containerization and fault tolerant/carrier grade development.

·          Work with the most dynamic and exciting open-source software projects today – Kubernetes, KubeVirt, Helm, Flux CD, Ansible, Puppet, etc.

·          Investigate and resolve issues reported during product verification and customer integration.

·          Contribute actively to StarlingX, an open-source project under the Open Infrastructure Foundation - a fully featured cloud infrastructure software stack for the edge (https://www.starlingx.io/).

·          Participate in all aspects of the software development process using agile development.

QUALIFICATIONS

·          Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

·          10+ years of professional software development experience.

·          7+ years of programming experience with python; also experience with Go and C would be a benefit.

·          5+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

·          5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, containers, Helm, Ansible, Puppet, Go. 

·          5+ years of experience as a Technical Leader driving delivery of software by a small team.

Preferred Qualifications

·          10+ years of professional experience in building infrastructure software for highly scalable and distributed systems.

·          Track record of building and delivering mission critical, 24x7 production software systems. 

·          Contributions to one or more open-source community projects. 

·          Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

·          Strong analytical and debugging skills. 

·          Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

BENEFITS

• Flexible home office! We offer the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule
• Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row
• Wind River’s commitment to DEIB
• 100% Employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance*
• Flexible Time Off policy* + 12 observed Holidays
• 401K with company match *
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) *
• Wellness Benefits through Unmind

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this role’s listed grade level is currently $152,100 to $179,340 plus a bonus for Colorado, New York, and New Jersey residents, and $165,900 to $195,660 plus a bonus for SF Bay Area, Greater Seattle, NYC, and Washington, DC, residents. Salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flex time off, eligibility to enroll in 401k, and 12 paid holidays.

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