Job Description

At Rackspace Technology, we’re obsessed with empowering our customers to grow their business, increase their efficiency and deliver the future. We make this happen through our technical expertise across the world’s leading technologies.  Our approach — which we’ve branded Fanatical Experience™ — is at the heart of everything we do. Since 1999, this has guided how we care for customers, one another, our communities, and our planet. It’s our way of helping to make the world a better place. Work Location: 100% Remote! Duties and Responsibilities:·       Be an active part of the Managed Public Cloud software developer team globally.  ·       Responsible for designing and developing software for our hyperscaler cloud business.  Build the stuff that runs our cloud for our customers.  ·       Work on a variety of projects ranging from services integrated with cloud providers to platforms for customer interaction to backend business systems. ·       Contribute to Rackspace’s fastest growing and most complex systems on a range of technologies.  See firsthand how cloud is being used by thousands of customers. ·       Build responsive, meticulously designed applications. ·       Breathe modern technology into our internal platforms to show our customer’s how they need to build theirs.·       • Working with Product to assess functional requirements for new product offerings, analyze the technical feasibility, and coordinate task assignments with agility to effectively deliver innovative software.·       Implement automated unit, integration, and smoke tests where appropriate·       Develop code where deployments to production happen continuously·       Work in a heavily multi-cloud environment and comfortable working within different deployment environments·       Establish and adhere to coding and process best practices, including code reviews·       Make regular contribution to engineering standards and best practices ·       Motivate members in project initiatives to contribute their best ·       Drive and coordinate research, proof of concept and/or prototype works by project team members. ·       Gain support for complex architecture and to negotiate solution/architectural trade-offs ·       Write software using the best tool for the job, mixing open source and proprietary tech as relevant·       Write and review design documents ·       Participate in project discussions ·       Work in a DevOps culture including team’s on call rotation and maintenance schedule Needed Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:·       Experience with full-stack JavaScript development writing microservices in NodeJS with Express or similar framework and UI development in modern React·       Advanced working knowledge of or experience with Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions, or similar·       Experience or familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code through Terraform, CloudFormation·       Advanced experience with Git or other source control practices·       Experience architecting production-ready software with little direction where system observability is a priority·       Experience configuring logging, metrics, and monitoring·       Must have experience working in AWS using technologies such as Lambdas, Step Functions, SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDb, CloudWatch, Parameter Store, S3, and other services·       Experience with agile development and project planning (including TDD and code reviews) ·       Good oral/written English language skills ·       Ability to work from home in self-directed fashion and with minimal supervision ·       Must have proven track record of effective delivery of production-ready, tested software ·       Good teamwork/collaboration skills and the ability to deliver to tight deadlines and/or under pressure·       Systematic and structured in problem solving approach·       Ability to derive causal relationships from ambiguous data·       Ability to extend factual relationship to anticipate problems or opportunities ·       Ability to drive innovation into and to continuously improve complex solutions and products within business unit  Your Education/Experience:  ·       Bachelor’s degree in a technology related field required. High school diploma or equivalent required·       9+ years of work experience. Solid software engineering fundamentals gained through training, course work, or relevant experience·       Cloud certifications highly desired About Rackspace TechnologyWe are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.  More on Rackspace TechnologyThough we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.