Canoo · 2 months ago
Lead Platform Engineer
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expCanoo is a company focused on bringing electric vehicles to everyone through innovative technologies and a unique business model. The Lead Platform Engineer will manage the cloud infrastructure operations, ensuring efficient, scalable solutions while adhering to observability principles.
AutomotiveConsumer ElectronicsElectric VehicleElectronic Design Automation (EDA)
Responsibilities
Lead in adopting and creating best practices while implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes amongst other tools
Stay abreast of new technologies and create prototypes where applicable
Work with IT governance to implement and validate compliance to overall enterprise policies and best practices
Lead in managing monitoring and alerting solutions to provide visibility into the overall health of applications, systems, and code
Work with development and QA teams to identify and implement improvements to the developments, deployment and monitoring workflows
Lead the automation and development tools that ensure rapid, safe, and high-quality delivery of features
Lead the creation and improvements of Infrastructure as Code throughout the enterprise
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
7+ years of working with cloud infrastructure
Strong programming and scripting knowledge, e.g., Terraform, Bash, Helm, Golang, Groovy
Expertise with one of CI/CD systems and their pipelines, both cloud and on-prem: Jenkins (preferred), CircleCI, ArgoCD, GitlabCI
Familiarity with software configuration management systems and source code version control systems (git, bitbucket, svn)
Understanding of designing and developing architecture for cloud-based applications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong understanding of cloud native tools and managed cloud offerings (CNCF, AWS, GCP)
Experience with cloud native platforms and tools including Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Hashicorp Vault, AWS CLI, GCP CLI, Cloudflare, JFrog Artifactory
Solid understanding of 12 Factor application methodology
Understanding observability initiatives such as dashboards and alerts using tools such as AWS Cloudwatch, Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, Jaeger
Understanding of PCI-DSS, CCPA, and GDPR compliance
Preferred
Jenkins, especially Jenkins Configuration as Code
Terraform
Kubernetes
Helm
ArgoCD
Harness
Vault
Observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, etc)
Python
NodeJS
Benefits
Comprehensive Health Insurance
Equity Compensation
Flexible Paid Time Off
Company
Canoo
Canoo is an electric vehicle startup company that focuses on developing electric vehicles and related technologies.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$595MKey Investors
BlackRock
2023-10-02Post Ipo Equity· $45M
2022-07-10Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2020-12-22IPO
Leadership Team
Tony Aquila
CEO of Canoo Inc.
Nitin Patel
CTO, R3Pi Mobility Innovations
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