Platform Engineer II Full Time

Description:

• Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive.
• Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.
• The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.
• We are tasked with building automation that simplifies the traditionally difficult.
• Our goal is to give our internal teams self-service tools while also deploying our applications in a reliable, repeatable, consistent, and scalable approach.
• We run on AWS and are tasked with everything from code commit to code deployment.
• We do this by utilizing technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins, Linux, and CDK.
• We ensure monitoring is a top priority and use a follow the sun methodology for escalations.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Software development skills in one of the following languages: Python, Typescript, Java, PHP, Go, or React.
• Finds value in linting code, creating unit tests, and being an active participant in code reviews.
• Computer science/engineering background or a strong technical background.
• Experience using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• A desire to use the newest technologies at scale.
• At least 3 years of experience with systems or application programming.
• Willingness to take ownership of the full deployment lifecycle including monitoring/alerting.
• Enjoys working with a globally distributed team.
• An understanding of what it means to build tools that amplify others’ ability to consume cloud resources.
• Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above.