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Senior Software Engineer

Silk

Silk

Software Engineering
Yokne'am Illit, Israel
Posted 6+ months ago

About The Position

Would you like to be an expert on all three big clouds? Our cloud foundation group in looking for a strong developer to get with us to the next step.

  • Thinking out of the box of realistic huge impact ideas - and getting them implemented
  • End-to-end development of Silk's products and features, from design to implementation and from database to client
  • Solving diverse, complex problems of high scale using cutting edge systems & technologies
  • Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to deliver amazing products
  • Analyze and improve performance, scalability and stability of Silk's products, environments and tools
  • Continuously learn and evaluate new technologies in an ongoing effort to perfect our products

Requirements

  • BSc in computer science or equivalent from a known university
  • 3+ years of Python experience, 10+ industry experience
  • Public cloud development
  • Microservices patterns and tooling
  • Experience in building scalable RESTful APIs and using external/internal third-party APIs
  • Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g., unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, KISS!)
  • Familiarity with at least one server-side framework (e.g., FastAPI, flask, Spring, Django, Rails, Express, Asp.net)
  • Must be familiar with Linux development

Advantages: 

  • Data models for NoSQL databases design
  • Experience with k8s
  • Experience with Agile methodology
  • Experience with Domain Driven Design, Event-Driven architecture
  • System architecture and design skills of large-scale web services
  • Frontend/ Full stack exp.

About Silk

Silk gives demanding workloads 10x faster performance on the cloud compared to native cloud alone. The Silk Cloud Platform is a virtualization layer that sits between the underlying cloud infrastructure and customers’ workloads. Without refactoring, workloads such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and industry-specific applications can move onto the cloud and massively improve user experience. Industry leaders in e-commerce, software publishing, FinTech, and healthcare, trust Silk with their mission-critical workloads to get the ultra-fast speeds their customers demand. Silk is headquartered in Needham, MA. To learn more, visit silk.us