Principal Software Engineer

About Cardlytics
Remember that time you got cash back on a cup of coffee through your banking app? That was us!

Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We are a product-driven company that cares about three things: our people, our customers, and our partners. Together, we make commerce more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through their banks’ digital channels.

About the Team

The Platform Engineering team is responsible for the platforms that host production and development systems for Cardlytics. The team is responsible for CI/CD pipelines, software development process automation and production and test systems. This is a critical supporting function that powers all software development, data analytics, and AI/ML product teams at the company.
 

About the Position
This is a Principal Software Engineering role that will work on software development systems automation and infrastructure and platform as code. The position will be responsible for technical leadership in SDLC automation and IaC management in our AWS environment. This position also requires strong communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate with various internal customer teams.

Cardlytics is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team reporting to the Director of Engineering, Developer Experience and Infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership in SDLC automation.

• Provide technical leadership in the design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure via IaC mechanisms.

• Coordinate with internal customer teams to understand requirements of new products and features.

• Lead the design of secure and cost-optimal SDLC systems.

• Participate in the evaluation of new technologies and products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• This position requires thorough knowledge of CI/CD processes, SDLC, expertise in GitHub automation (GitHub workflows and actions), and experience with AWS services. 

• Expertise with infrastructure as code products is required, preferably using Terraform HCL.

• Experience with managing Kubernetes clusters

Preferred Qualifications:

• GitHub experience with expertise in developing GitHub Actions and Workflows.

• IaC experience with Terraform.

• AWS experience, especially with EKS.

• Karpenter, and Helm experience.

Core Values

Our shared values are the driving force behind everything we do. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates who embody these values:

• Customer and Partner-first

• Act with Urgency and Focus

• Integrity with our partners and data

• Accountability even when challenged

• Empowerment over hierarchy

• Growth over comfort

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible paid time off plus company holidays

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance begins on your first day

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match, plan also includes a student loan debt repayment option

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Educational assistance for continuing education

• Lifestyle Spending Account for physical, emotional, and financial wellness (like gym memberships, home down payments, art classes, park passes, and more!)

• Complementary Calm app subscriptions to support employee mental health and wellbeing

As an equal opportunity employer, Cardlytics is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our people bring our products and organization to life, and every unique perspective makes us better. If you can do the job and you’re excited about growing with us as we scale our best-in-class advertising platform, we’d love to hear from you. If you need accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please email [email protected] or inform your recruiter.