Software Engineer SR (IP - SE - 20251218)

Celara is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is comfortable owning systems end-to-end, including development, deployment, and operational concerns. This role involves close collaboration with senior technical leadership to ensure that work is reliably shipped and operated.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop backend systems and services
• Take ownership of deploying and running the software you build
• Contribute to automation around deployments, environments, and tooling
• Improve reliability, monitoring, and operational workflows
• Support production issues and participate in release processes
• Collaborate closely with junior engineers and provide technical guidance
• Take responsibility for getting work 'all the way to done'

Requirements:

• Strong experience as a backend or full-stack software engineer
• Solid programming experience (Python preferred; other languages acceptable)
• Experience deploying and operating systems in production
• Comfort working with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
• Willingness to do scripting, automation, and operational work when needed
• Ownership mindset and ability to work independently
• Prior experience in small or early-stage teams
• Experience wearing multiple hats (dev + ops)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native tooling