Infrastructure Software Engineer
Job Summary
Job Description
Cognite is seeking an Infrastructure Software Engineer to join their infrastructure group. This role involves developing robust infrastructure for deploying Cognite's products across multiple clouds (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, and OpenShift), and building an internal developer platform to reduce friction for developers. The engineer will collaborate with other engineering teams, contribute to open-source tools, and solve complex problems in network security, CI/CD, monitoring, and secret management. The company emphasizes a culture of impact, ownership, and relentless innovation, offering a hybrid work environment and a focus on diversity and inclusion.
Must have:
- Experience with DevOps practices (CI/CD, Infrastructure as code)
- Experience building scalable solutions
- Strong communication skills in English
Good to have:
- Cloud experience
- Software development experience (Go or Python)
- Familiarity with the tech stack
Perks:
- Competitive compensation (base plus bonus)
- 401(k) with 4% employer matching
- Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages
- Unlimited PTO
- 18 Company Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave Program
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Referral Program
- In-office catered lunches 3x per week
- Fully Stocked Fridges
- Paid mobile phone and WiFi
15 skills required
Job Details
About Cognite
Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digitalization, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where data meets ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
Learn more about Cognite here
Our values
Impact: Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.
Ownership: Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success.
Relentless: Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head-on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth.
We are looking for a Infrastructure Software Engineer to join our infrastructure group. Infrastructure in Cognite is responsible for our foundational infrastructure and the internal developer platform. This means everything from provisioning cloud infrastructure with Terraform through supporting our service teams with CI/CD services and ensuring they have working observability and alerting. In addition, we build an internal developer platform to reduce cognitive load for our developers. Our success is measured by how easy it is to be a productive developer in Cognite and the quality of the infrastructure we build.
You will work together with other engineers in the team across a wide range of services, choosing to focus where the effort will have the largest impact. Our tech stack is built on Kubernetes and cloud technologies, using GitHub, Jenkins and Spinnaker for CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana and Lightstep for metrics and observability. We run across multiple clouds, currently Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, and OpenShift. A strong understanding of the underlying concepts and ways of thinking in the infrastructure space is more important than familiarity with all of the tools we use.
Key Role & Responsibilities include
- Develop robust infrastructure for deploying Cognite’s products on multiple clouds (including Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, and OpenShift)
- Develop our internal developer platform, with a focus on reducing friction and cognitive load for our developers
- Work with other engineering teams in Cognite to improve and adapt their services to run smoothly on Kubernetes
- Use and contribute to open source tools such as Kubernetes, Emissary, Terraform, Prometheus, Spinnaker and Grafana
- Tackle and solve challenging problems in areas such as network security, continuous integration, continuous deployment, monitoring, tracing, authentication and authorization, and secret management in a multi-cloud environment
- Help shape the culture of the infrastructure team as well as the wider overall culture of Cognite
Key Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Include
- Broad experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD and Infrastructure as code
- Experience building scalable solutions
- Cloud experience is preferred, but a keen proven interest can compensate
- Software development experience, preferably with Go or Python
- Familiarity and experience with our tech stack is beneficial
- Passionate about automation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Adaptability and resilience; comfort in startup environment, thinker, builder and continuous improvement
- Continuous learner; naturally curious, and always ready to learn
- Achievement oriented; exhibit a high say/do ratio
- Teamwork & growth mind-set; partnering to support growth, challenges, finding creative solutions & delivering results
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter
* Competitive Compensation including base plus bonus
* 401(k) with 4% employer matching
* Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages with premiums fully covered for employees and all dependents
* Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it
* 18 Company Holidays including the week between Christmas & New Years
* Paid Parental Leave Program
* Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
* Employee Referral Program
* In office catered lunches 3x per week via Colorfull Catering + Fully Stocked Fridges in the offices
* Join a team of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝.
* A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more
* Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
* Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
* Paid mobile phone and WiFi
*A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot 🐶!
Why choose Cognite? 🏆 🚀
* Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world.
* We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainability for clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day.
* Built In 2024 Best Places to Work in Austin, TX and Houston, TX
Apply today!
If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.
We encourage you to follow us on Cognite LinkedIn; we post all our openings there.
Equal Opportunity
Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment; everyone we hire will receive the same level of consideration for training, compensation, and promotion.
We ask for gender as part of our application because we want to ensure equal assessment in the recruitment process. Your answer will help us reach this commitment! However, the question about gender is optional and your choice not to answer will not affect the assessment of your application in any way.
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