Who we are
With its A.I.-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system – reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.
What we need
We are looking for a Senior System Development Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure Systems team within our Enterprise IT organization. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Linux systems administration, deep knowledge of distributed storage and file systems, and proficiency in programming and scripting to automate tasks and build durable solutions. Operational expectations include but are not limited to technical stewardship in the areas of research and development, automated implementations, infrastructure support and escalation, policy documentation, supporting security and compliance processes, small project management, and leveraging third party services when appropriate.
What we do
As a Sr. Systems Developemnt Engineer, you will be an integral part of the team that designs, builds, automates, and maintains the distributed compute and storage architecture powering Symbotic’s solutions. You'll have a lead role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of systems at massive, worldwide scale. Your work will involve building and maintaining automation tools, designing fault-tolerant systems, and optimizing our storage solutions to handle massive data throughput. You'll use your expertise to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, implement robust monitoring and alerting, and participate in an on-call rotation to quickly address production incidents.
What you’ll do
Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our compute and storage systems at a global scale.
Design, build, and maintain automation tools for infrastructure deployment, configuration, and management.
Architect fault-tolerant systems and disaster recovery strategies for on-premise edge and public cloud environments.
Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system inefficiencies through comprehensive monitoring and alerting.
Provide day-to-day technical leadership for our server and storage infrastructure, ensuring system availability, performance, and security compliance.
Standardize systems by developing and documenting policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for handoff to scaled operations teams.
Conduct research on new technologies and provide recommendations for system improvements, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility. Review new and existing system designs, providing critical feedback to improve architecture and operational efficiency.
Participate in an on-call rotation as an escalation point for major site incidents. Drive incident management processes from detection and triage to resolution and blameless post-mortems, focusing on root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
What you’ll need
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
Minimum of 10 years of experience in architecting IT infrastructure solutions in enterprise environments
Minimum of 5 years of experience in infrastructure automation and configuration management using Ansible, Terraform, and similar tools.
Coding/scripting proficiency in Python, Go, shell scripting, or similar.
Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available public cloud infrastructure.
Significant experience building or maintaining bare metal K8S container infrastructure at the edge.
Experience in deploying and maintaining modern distributed storage systems (Ceph, etc).
Experience in distributed version control systems like GitHub, Gitlab etc.
Proficiency with modern monitoring solutions including Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
Experience with capacity/performance management, monitoring, and tuning
Able to contribute to system design/decisions and the technical direction of projects.
Available for on-call support on a rotating basis.
Our environment
Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.
The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.
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About Symbotic
Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com.
We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters. We depend on the collective voices of our employees, customers and community to help guide us as we build a better place to work – for you and the world. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.
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