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Acquia

Senior Software Engineer

Job Summary

This role involves designing and implementing infrastructure solutions with a focus on Kubernetes and Cloud-Native technologies. The candidate will develop secure APIs, work with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes, and troubleshoot complex systems across AWS and microservices architectures. Requires extensive experience with container orchestration, programming in Go, and familiarity with AWS services and CI/CD tools. The position emphasizes collaboration, system architecture, mentorship, and continuous learning to support the company’s scalable and reliable digital platform.

Required Skills

Python
Networking
Agile Methodologies
Containerization
Kubernetes
Monitoring
Security
Configuration Management
API Development
Cloud-native Technologies
Ruby
Go Programming
Load Balancing
Shell scripting
AWS Services
Logging
CI/CD Tools
Service Discovery
Microservices Design

Benefits

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Wellness Programs
Recognition Programs

Job Description

Acquia empowers the world’s most ambitious brands to create digital customer experiences that matter. With open source Drupal at its core, the Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) enables marketers, developers, and IT operations teams at thousands of global organizations to rapidly compose and deploy digital products and services that engage customers, enhance conversions, and help businesses stand out.

Headquartered in the U.S., Acquia is a Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM company in India, is listed as one of the world’s top software companies by The Software Report, and is positioned as a market leader by the analyst community. We are Acquia. We are building for the future and we want you to be a part of it!

Acquia runs one of the world's largest Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings. Our Drupal optimized cloud runs on over 18,000 AWS instances and delivers billions of page views per month, running some of the largest and most mission-critical websites in the world. We are seeking exceptional professionals who desire to deliver world-class performance and reliability while building powerful tools that enable our customers effortlessly to scale their web applications. At Acquia, we are obsessive about providing our customers with security, availability, and scalability that is second to none and are looking for engineers who are equally passionate.

Acquia’s products run 100% on Amazon Web Services using EC2, CloudFormation, and various other technologies and best practices. Since each product is built and maintained by its own engineering team, the ideal candidate for this position would need to be proactive in familiarizing themselves with those services and have the ability to coordinate and collaborate with multiple teams.

As the Senior Software Engineer, you will...

  • Participate in designing and implementing solutions for modernizing Acquia infrastructure and drive adoption of Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Technologies
  • Design and implement end-to-end container management solution with Kubernetes, Docker
  • Develop secure and performant, world-class modern APIs and Workflows
  • Design and develop Go based Kubernetes operators using the kube-builder SDK
  • Set up Kubernetes as a platform with enterprise-level reliability, availability, scalability and performance requirements
  • Debug technical issues inside a very deep and complex technical stack involving containers, microservices, AWS services across the different layers of a web stack.
  • Work with other teams in deciding, developing integrations with other subsystems.
  • Provide product support to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Contribute to system architecture discussions, lead projects, mentor junior team members, and deliver high quality, tested code.
  • Evaluate new technologies and provide a recommendation to management including planning and execution of proof of concept activities.

What you’ll need to be successful…

  • 5+ years of experience in design and Software Development Background and over 2 years of experience in working with Containers and Cloud-Native Development
  • Proficient with Kubernetes/Swarm architecture with hands-on production experience with container technologies and the tools and challenges around them
  • Experience in developing applications using programming languages such as Go, Python, Ruby and shell scripting
  • Proficient with object oriented programming and microservices design patterns
  • Proficient with service discovery, networking in Kubernetes or equivalent, monitoring, logging, scheduling
  • Experience working with AWS services such as - EC2, EBS, ALB, EKS, VPC, S3, WAF etc.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins (preferred), Bamboo, Gitlab
  • Experience working with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and Cloudformation
  • Experience operating with TCP/IP, load balancing, security and operating production environments
  • Strong Knowledge on the network layers, varnish and nginx
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong team collaboration and leadership skills
  • Familiarity with Agile processes (Kanban, Scrum, etc.)

Extra credit if you have…

  • Experience working with any CDN such as - CloudFront, CloudFlare etc.
  • Experience in monitoring and observability with Sumologic/Prometheus/Grafana.
  • Experience working with helm, ingress, cert-manager, autoscaling, external-dns and logging operator in Kubernetes
  • AWS/CKAD professional certification.

Qualifications:

  • BS in Computer Science (preferred), or a comparable field of study, or equivalent practical experience

We are an organization that embraces innovation and the potential of AI to enhance our processes and improve our work. We are always looking for individuals who are open to learning new technologies and collaborating with AI tools to achieve our goals.

Acquia is proud to provide best-in-class benefits to help our employees and their families maintain a healthy body and mind. Core Benefits include: competitive healthcare coverage, wellness programs, take it when you need it time off, parental leave, recognition programs, and much more!

Individuals seeking employment at Acquia are considered without regard to race, color, religion, caste, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Whatever you answer will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter.

Interested in this job?

Application deadline: Open until filled

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Date PostedAugust 13th, 2025
Job TypeFull Time
LocationPune or Delhi/NCR Remote
SalaryCompetitive rates
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