Senior Software Engineer, DevOps

THE ROLE.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a developer with CI/CD, Python and Infrastructure experience. The DevOps team is responsible for how Foundry builds and delivers their products to their clients. Working closely with our product teams, they manage Foundry's CI infrastructure, source control, build farm and automated testing infrastructure. They also develop and maintain internal and external services, ranging from cloud-based crash reporting pipeline, to analytics, static analysis and other scripts and tools for automation and to support individual team members or entire product teams with their deliverables.

Job Requirements

• Professional Python development experience (C++ experience beneficial).
• Experience with administering and configuring Version Control Systems (e.g. Git).
• Knowledge of CI systems, preferably GitLab CI.
• Experience with Linux system administration and use of shells such as bash or sh.
• Experience with VMs via virtualisation systems such as VMware.
• Experience of configuring servers and setting up integration with other engineering and business applications via scripting.
• Experience of working independently to produce well-structured, effective code for others to build on.
• An understanding of cross-platform development (Linux, Windows, macOS).
• Good communication skills, well organised, good time management
• Passionate and curious about technology in general, with a willingness to develop skills in the relevant technologies.

Nice to know/Keen to learn

• Experience with Windows and macOS administration beneficial with cross-platform development experience desirable
• Experience with PowerShell for Windows beneficial
• Experience with Docker beneficial
• Knowledge of Cloud services (e.g. AWS) beneficial
• Familiarity with building and deploying C++ applications beneficial

Job Responsibilities

As a senior member of the team, you’ll dig deeper into the problems you’re trying to solve, clarifying assumptions and exploring solutions outside of the immediate. You’ll facilitate others to do the same, modelling an attitude to learning that inspires others to seek feedback and development opportunities, supporting those opportunities where you can.

You’ll have expert level knowledge of some of the systems the team works with - not all - and be able to communicate opportunities, risks, and roadblocks effectively to colleagues and managers. This includes significant contribution to developing and iterating on requirements with the team and other stakeholders, and contribution to balancing the short term and long terms requirements of maintenance, refactoring or redevelopment.

• Work within the DevOps Team partnering with product teams to maintain, develop and improve our range of services including our CI systems, build systems, the testing framework and other internal tools used by Foundry’s software engineers.
• Play an active part in troubleshooting of the pipeline, collating and prioritising feedback to input back into the roadmap for the DevOps Team.
• Assist in managing our GitLab and source control systems and our automated build system and related infrastructure in GitLab CI.
• Design and develop additional Python tools to support automation where beneficial.
• As with all Software Engineer roles at Foundry, you will help to ensure the quality, scalability, and extensibility of the code that we’re writing - starting with your own but extending to code reviews and design of others as well.

Job Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension scheme & life assurance
• Health cash plan & medical insurance
• Season ticket loan
• Company’s social events
• Gym Discounts
• Personal Annual Development Time
• Passion Days
• Anniversary Day off

THE COMPANY.

Foundry has a heritage of more than 25 years, developing creative software for the Media and Entertainment industry. Its portfolio of award-winning products solves complex visualization challenges to turn incredible ideas into reality.

Working with creative leaders around the globe, Foundry products are used to create breathtaking visual effects and animation and have been integral in the making of every VFX Academy Award-winning film for the past decade.

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