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# Sr. Software Engineer I

- **Company:** TALENTHOP LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $127,000.0 - $191,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Foundry, Continuous Integration, Cursor, OAuth, OpenID, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Bundler, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/po2lcb7uba

## About the Role

* Experience with CI/CD and release engineering tools such as Buildkite and Backstage
 * Familiarity with ArgoCD and Kubernetes
 * Proficiency in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Bundler, and dependency management
 * Experience with runtime and framework upgrades (Ruby and Rails)
 * Knowledge of Auth0 or similar identity providers, OAuth/OIDC, and machine-to-machine authentication
 * Exposure to Terraform and infrastructure-as-code (preferred)
 * Skills in observability, on-call support, and incident analysis
 * Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) and sharing best practices
 * Working knowledge of platform-as-a-service (PAAS) environments

## Description

The Senior Software Engineer I on the Octothorpe team will focus on advancing the internal engineering platform by strengthening CI/CD systems, leading Ruby/Rails platform upgrades, and standardizing authentication and authorization across services. This role involves solving complex problems, leading initiatives from design through deployment, and supporting cross-functional collaboration to enhance developer autonomy and platform reliability., * Own and enhance CI/CD tooling with guardrails, automation, and reusable patterns

 * Improve Backstage as a developer portal for CI/CD visibility and self-service workflows
 * Optimize developer feedback loops by reducing pipeline flakiness and speeding up builds/tests
 * Provide operational support for release tooling, including triage and incident prevention
 * Lead or contribute to Ruby and Rails upgrade efforts across the monolith and ecosystem
 * Coordinate cross-repository changes including application code, Docker/CI images, and shared gems
 * Develop safe rollout plans with staged deployments, canaries, and rollback options
 * Build self-service tooling and standardized workflows enabling teams to manage their own infra, config, and auth changes
 * Standardize and operationalize authentication/authorization patterns across environments
 * Partner with service teams to encourage platform adoption and support migrations
 * Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve delivery speed and quality
 * Promote safe and effective adoption of AI tools by sharing best practices