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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - Cloud Native Compute Infrastructure Core - **Company:** Ilinko, Inc. - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $240,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Border Gateway Protocol, Ubuntu (Operating System), Command-Line Interface, Cloud Engineering, Computer Networks, Databases, Relational Databases, Linux, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Firmware, Apache Hadoop, Apache HBase, InfiniBand, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, NoSQL, Ansible, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, Grafana, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Ripple (payment Protocol), Hardware Infrastructure, Drift Detection, Terraform - **Published:** October 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_bloomberg2-10053399 ## About the Role You understand how a firmware change at the node level can ripple through the stack and affect the latency and reliability of a distributed database. + **Own the challenge:** You're a self-starter who gets a kick out of untangling tough infrastructure and production problems. + **Automate everything:** You have an itch to eliminate manual toil; if it's repetitive, you'll automate it. + **Collaborate openly:** You're a team player who thrives on giving and getting honest feedback - we build better stuff together. **What We're Looking For** We are looking for engineers who enjoy solving infrastructure problems with software and are interested in working at the boundary between software and physical infrastructure. + 4+ years of software engineering experience, with proficiency in Go, Python, or a comparable language. + BA/BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. + Experience building and maintaining production observability using technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. + Strong hands on Linux systems expertise, including command-line troubleshooting of processes, storage, networking, system logs, kernel messages, and systemd services on Ubuntu or similar distributions. + Experience building infrastructure automation with tools such as Ansible and Terraform. + Strong communication and collaboration skills within large-scale production environments. **We'd Love to See** + Experience in one or more of the following areas would be particularly valuable: + Experience managing large-scale fleets of physical servers using modern infrastructure practices, including immutable and image-based OS frameworks such as Kairos, automated OS management, desired-state configuration, and configuration drift detection. + Experience with GPU and HPC infrastructure, including hardware provisioning and lifecycle management, firmware, fleet observability, and high-speed networking such as InfiniBand. + Experience building or operating infrastructure that supports large-scale stateful distributed systems such as Hadoop, HBase, NoSQL and relational databases, search platforms, or Kubernetes-based services. + Advanced Linux networking expertise (e.g., BGP, eBPF) in security-focused or highly regulated environments. + Experience with workload identity, node and workload attestation, and zero-trust infrastructure using SPIFFE/SPIRE or similar technologies. **What's In It for You** You will build the bedrock of Bloomberg's technology ecosystem. Your work directly underpins the reliability, security, and performance of our most critical Search, Database, and AI platforms. ## Description Working below the application and orchestration layers, we provide the physical infrastructure and lifecycle systems that underpin Bloomberg's most critical stateful platforms, including: + Bloomberg Search infrastructure + Hadoop analytics and compute platforms + NoSQL database platforms + Relational database platforms + On-premises GPU infrastructure supporting AI training and inference Our mission is to ensure the fleet operates reliably and stays ready for critical workloads by automating provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and remediation across the entire hardware lifecycle. This demands senior engineering judgment in distributed systems: orchestrating high-stakes changes across large-scale fleets while keeping critical stateful services available, resilient, and performant. You'll navigate data placement, replication, capacity, and application-specific constraints to deliver infrastructure improvements safely at scale. **We'll Trust You To** As a Senior Software Engineer on CNCI Core & Lifecycle, you will design and build systems that make Bloomberg's physical infrastructure easier, safer, and more automated to operate at scale. You will: + Improve the reliability of our foundational infrastructure by safely managing OS, firmware, network policy, and configuration changes across production fleets, while designing lifecycle workflows that enable graceful recovery, failover, and restoration for stateful workloads. + Accelerate self-service management by delivering reusable tooling and APIs for platform teams running Hadoop, databases, search, and AI services. + Automate compute lifecycles end-to-end, from firmware and OS provisioning to full application-level stack deployment. + Build and operate automation for rapid-response CVE patching and proactive security hardening across the fleet. + Enhance system observability through robust monitoring, alerting, and cross-team architectural collaboration. + Manage incident response and root-cause analysis with your team and end users to drive long-term system stability improvements. **Who You Are** + **Take ownership:** You care about the craft and hold yourself to high engineering standards. + **Systems thinking:** You see the big picture.