Software Development Engineer II - Automation

Itential is looking for a proficient and enthusiastic Software Development Engineer II to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing software solutions that improve the products and services impacting customers across the globe. You will have the opportunity to work on complex projects and collaborate with diverse teams, contributing to the development of high-quality software systems.

Requirements

• Develop, deploy, and maintain robust and scalable automation platform services in Go, including the gateway server, gRPC APIs, WebSocket connectivity, and embedded network automation tooling.
• Design software with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability — including distributed execution patterns, HA leader election, multi-backend store architecture (BoltDB, etcd, DynamoDB), and concurrent request handling.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to translate network automation requirements into clean technical specifications, working across the core platform, runner framework, and protobuf-defined service contracts.
• Independently own components from design through production delivery — including adapters, gRPC service handlers, store backends, or netsdk integrations — following established Go conventions and architectural patterns.
• Conduct code and design reviews to uphold Go idioms, concurrency safety, and API consistency across the gateway5 codebase.
• Continuously improve platform reliability through automation, refactoring, and optimization — including CI/CD pipeline enhancements, test coverage improvements, and performance profiling.
• Stay current with the Go ecosystem and cloud-native tooling (gRPC, buf, etcd, DynamoDB, Prometheus) and apply relevant advances to improve the platform.

Benefits

• 401k Matching
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan