Senior Software Engineer DevOpsSRE
Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
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Job Summary
Why project44
At project44 we believe in better.
We challenge the status quo because we know a better supply chain isnt just possibleits essential. Better for our customers. Better for their business. Better for the world.
With our Decision Intelligence Platform Movement were redefining how global supply chains operate. By transforming fragmented logistics data into real-time AI-powered insights we empower companies to connect instantly see clearly act decisively and automate intelligently. Our Supply Chain AI enhances visibility drives smarter execution and unlocks next-gen applications that keep businesses moving forward.
AI at project44
We expect every project44 team member regardless of role or function to actively leverage AI in their day-to-day work. Whether youre building product serving customers managing people or running operations AI is a tool youre expected to use with intent curiosity and judgment. We dont expect everyone to be a data scientist. We do expect everyone to be an intelligent user of AI: able to identify where it adds value direct it effectively evaluate outputs critically and govern it responsibly. We invest in our teams AI fluency because we believe its a competitive advantage for every person at project44 not just our engineers
If youre driven to solve meaningful problems leverage AI to scale rapidly drive impact daily and be part of a high-performance team we should talk.
The Role
Key Accountabilities: Whatyoullwork on
- Design build andoperatecore infrastructure across our primary GCP environment and secondary AWS footprintleveragingmanaged services to deliver scalable reliable and cost-effective solutions
- Own and evolve our Kubernetes (GKE) platformcluster lifecycle management node pool strategy networking RBAC and workload reliabilityensuring developer teams can ship safely and quickly
- Build andmaintainTerraform-based infrastructure-as-code across cloud environments enforcing standards for modularity state management and repeatable auditable provisioning
- Manage and improve our Kafka andStrimzistreaming infrastructure supporting high-throughput event pipelines that are foundational to project44s real-time data capabilities
- Lead and execute cost optimization initiativesrightsizing compute improving resourceutilization reducing waste and creating visibility and accountability for cloud spend across engineering teams
- Champion observability and reliability practices SLOs/SLIs incident response on-call processes and postmortems to reduce MTTR and prevent recurrence.
- Partner with application engineering teams to define and implement platform standards for deployment scaling service mesh secrets management and infrastructure security
- Participate in a team on-call rotation debugging and resolving infrastructure and platform incidents with urgency and rigor
- Contribute to technical design discussions architecture reviews and documentationhelping set a high bar for quality reliability and operational excellence across the engineering organization
- Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews pairing and technical guidance
- Evaluate and introduce new tools platforms and automation to continuously modernize the infrastructure stack.
- Drive cost-optimization initiatives across cloud spend without compromising reliability or performance.
Qualities
- Strong communicationskills with the ability to clearly explain infrastructure decisions through design docs postmortems and cross-functional discussions and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
- A strong analytical approach to problem-solving with comfort navigating ambiguity and making tradeoffs explicitespecially across reliability velocity and cost
- A sense of ownership curiosity and resiliencecomfortable voicing ideas incorporating feedback and iterating toward better solutions
- A platform-minded builder who thinks about the engineers and systems they enable not just the infrastructure they manage
Qualifications
- 5 years of professional experience in platform engineering infrastructure engineering SRE DevOps or a closely related role
Strong experience in:
- Kubernetes administration and operations at scale (GKE strongly preferred) including cluster networking autoscaling workload isolation and upgrade management
- Kafka operations and architecture including topic design consumer group management broker configuration and integration with streaming workloads (Strimziexperience a plus)
- Infrastructure-as-code using Terraformmodule design state management CI-driven plan/apply workflows and drift detection
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) across core services: GKE GCS Cloud NAT VPC networking IAM Artifact Registry and related managed services
- Cloud observability tooling and practicesbuilding meaningful dashboards alerts SLI/SLO frameworks and runbooks regardless of the tool stack
- Cloud networking fundamentals: VPCs subnetting private connectivity DNS load balancing and security group/firewalldesign
- Cloud cost management:identifyingand executing on optimization opportunities building spend visibility and influencing engineering behavior around resource efficiency
Desirable and helpful (but not necessary):
- Experience with AWS services alongside a primary GCP environment
- Scripting or automation in Python Go Bash or similar for operational tooling
- Experience with service mesh technologies (IstioLinkerd) or advanced Kubernetes networking (Cilium Calico)
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems andGitOpspatterns (ArgoCD Flux or similar)
- Experience building or operating developer platform capabilities (internal developer platforms golden paths self-service provisioning)
- Using AI-assisted development tools for infrastructure automation runbook generation or operational tooling (e.g. Claude GitHub Copilot or similar)
Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without current or future employer-sponsored visa support.
In-office Commitment:Our office is where ideas spark connections thrive and innovation comes alive. We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic and committedto joining our team on-sitein our beautiful headquarters 3 days a week. Together were building something extraordinarylearn grow and thrive in our fast-paced transformative environment.
We continually evaluate our pay ranges to reflect skills experience and market conditions. The base salary offered will be determined by assessing a candidates experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position as well as the specific geographic location where the job will be performed. Base salary is one component of project44s total compensation package which also includes stock options for all EOR and project44-employed team members bonus or commission eligibility depending on role and a benefits package tailored to your country of employment. Specific benefits package offerings vary by country and may include health dental and vision coverage retirement plans and paid time off in line with local market standards and statutory programs. The base salary range for this position is USD 130000 USD 190000
Diversity & Inclusion
At project44weredesigning the future of how the world moves. As we work to deliver a truly world-class productwereintentionally building teams that reflect the unique communities we on creating a company where all team members can bring their authenticselvesto work every day.
project44 is an equal opportunity employer. If you share our values and passion for the future oflogisticswedlove to review your application. Even if youdontmeet 100% of the requirements please consider applying studies show you can still be a strong candidate at 50%.
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About Company
Transform your supply chain with real-time visibility, automation, and AI-powered insights from Movement by project44.
