Senior Software Engineer, DevX (New York City)

About the role:

The DevX team is instrumental in providing January's engineers with the tools and processes to quickly and efficiently write/test/build/deploy code, support our production environments, and provide shared services for stream-aligned teams across the organization to achieve business goals.

What You’ll Work On

• Ensure build, test and deployment processes are easy to maintain, fast, and reliable.

• Ensure engineers' local development experience is performant and user-friendly.

• Provide self-service monitoring and observability tools that are easy to use.

• Scope and secure administrative applications used across the organization.

• Support engineering-wide processes by providing tools and clear documentation.

• Provide on call support in a rotation schedule with your peers.

What You Bring to the Table

• CI/CD and Automation: Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar.

• Infrastructure and Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS. Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Performance Optimization: Skills in optimizing build and test pipelines to improve efficiency. Ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks in applications and infrastructure.

• Monitoring and Observability: Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus). Understanding of logging and observability tools (e.g., ELK Stack, Splunk).

• Code Refactoring: Ability to refactor and modularize code to improve maintainability and scalability.

• Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting: Strong analytical skills to diagnose and resolve complex issues. Experience in incident management and on-call support.

• Documentation and Communication: Ability to create clear, comprehensive documentation for processes and tools. Strong communication skills for collaborating with team members and other departments.

You might be a fit if you have:

• Genuine collaboration. We recognize and explicitly reward feedback, alignment, and learning from each other.

• Managers as advocates. You’ll report to leaders invested in your growth and promotion, not just their own. Managers only succeed when their teams thrive.

• Outcomes over output. We value finding ways to do more with less, working smart instead of burning out.

• Product ownership. Engineers are owners, not mercenaries. Everyone plays a role in discovering, advocating for, and implementing ideas.

• Technical quality. We work collaboratively to ensure great outcomes without sacrificing quality. Sustainable development is a first class priority. 

We are currently hiring for this position in our New York office.

January believes in doing its part to help close the wage gap that continues to plague much of the US workforce. We offer transparent and equitable compensation packages to all existing and future January team members.

Our compensation range for Senior Software Engineer, DevX role is $175,000 to $225,000. We determine the final package by considering experience, applicable education and training, and relevant skills derived throughout our interview process.This role also includes a competitive equity package, giving you a chance to feel true ownership of your work.