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6+ years in software engineering, with a track record of creating and deploying production software.
Depth in programming and in the full deployment stack: dependency management, packaging, and deployment of Python or C++ applications.
Hands-on with Ubuntu/Debian administration (installs, configuration, networking) and containerization (lifecycle management, multi-container deployments).
Strong expertise with Terraform: remote state, modules, plan reviews, and running plans in CI.
Hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure management (GCP preferred): IAM, compute (Cloud Run or GCE), networking/LB, storage, PubSub, Artifact Registry.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines: reusable workflows, caching, secrets/attestations, and WIF/OIDC integration to GCP.
Strong observability fundamentals — metrics vs. logs, alert design — with hands-on experience using Prometheus and Grafana.
A bias to automate and document; comfortable taking a loosely defined task all the way to done.
Pragmatic about trade-offs; able to explain the “why,” not just the “what.”
Knows how to ask AI the right questions and can critically evaluate the outputs.
Experience in robotics or warehouse automation strongly preferred.
Experience with fleet management or IoT device provisioning at scale.
Familiarity with Machine Learning / MLOps preferred.
Willing and able to work from our Charlestown, MA office at least 3 days per week.
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