About Epirus
Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.
Job Summary: The Software Engineer will work in an infrastructure-focused team to design and develop infrastructure, automation tools, and pipelines. A core responsibility of this role is implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) while enhancing automation processes to support teams across the organization. The primary goal is to build scalable, robust systems that ensure long-term reliability and efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Write clean, maintainable code with unit tests to ensure high quality.
- Implement secure, scalable AWS infrastructure using IaC tools like CDK.
- Collaborate with software teams to define and meet infrastructure and deployment needs.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis.
- Administer and troubleshoot Linux systems, resolving infrastructure and deployment issues.
- Optimize infrastructure for performance and cost-efficiency.
- Ensure compliance and configuration standards using management tools.
Basic Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in at least one of the following languages: C/C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Node, Java, or object-oriented programming.
- 2+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or 4+ years of experience in software engineering
- Experience with tools such as CDK, Terraform, or other IaC frameworks
- Hands-on experience with least 4 of these AWS services: CloudFormation, S3, EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, IAM, SageMaker, GuardDuty, ECS, EKS, Step Functions, CodeBuild/CodePipeline). Equivalent experience with Azure or GCP services (e.g., Azure Resource Manager, Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, AKS, etc) is also acceptable.
- Familiarity with PyTest, Jest, React Testing Library, or equivalent
- Strong bias for action, taking ownership, and insisting on the highest standards
- Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking.
- Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience writing Bash, Powershell scripts.
- Familiarity with additional AWS services (e.g., KMS, Route 53, SNS, SQS, Athena, Glue, API Gateway, WAF, CloudWatch)
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Docker, Ansible, Salt, or Jenkins
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
- Experience with security and compliance for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
At Epirus, you’ll work with technical peers and great people—and get first crack at some of the defining technology challenges of our time. Here, “impossible” is just a challenge. We're a diverse, fast-growing team of change-makers fueling the future of energy with revolutionary solutions. Join us and rewrite the rules.
As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.
For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:
$135,000—$155,000 USD
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What We Do
Epirus is a high-growth technology company developing solid-state, software-defined directed energy systems that enable unprecedented counter-electronics effects and power management solutions to optimize power efficiency in defense and commercial applications. With a constant emphasis on innovation, we are redefining the future of power to bring tomorrow’s capabilities to life, today.
To deliver on our mission, we are always looking for problem solvers, changemakers and innovators to join our fast-growing team. People are the most important part of Epirus – and always come first. We don’t believe in the word impossible and are always asking “why not” as work to usher in a new paradigm of power efficiency. Our fast-growing team is agile, creative, and innovative. We support a culture of constant learning and sense of belonging among our team members and know that mentorship matters. We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and beyond.
Visit our website to learn more. www.epirusinc.com
Why Work With Us
We're a people-first culture that ensures every employee is heard and has the opportunity to grow. At Epirus, we're using cutting edge technology and provide the ability to work with passionate team members. We truly believe that failure is not a setback, but an opportunity. We move fast and build cool things, come join us!
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