Software Engineering Specialist

Great Value Hiring is seeking a Software Engineering Specialist to work on key infrastructure and developer experience initiatives. The role involves building scalable systems, improving developer workflows, and standardizing infrastructure practices.

Responsibilities:

• Improve CI performance, reliability, and observability
• Build runner autoscaling and system hardening
• Implement alerting and notification systems
• Increase visibility into CI pipelines and failures
• Enhance CLI usability and discoverability
• Build telemetry, observability, and performance improvements for CLI tools
• Improve SDK/shared library ergonomics (stable APIs, versioning, templates)
• Develop tooling insights (e.g., usage visibility)
• Manage and optimise SaaS tools and configurations
• Build systems for procurement intake and vendor inventory
• Implement and maintain: Google Workspace administration, SAML-based SSO, SCIM provisioning with RBAC controls
• Build reusable Pulumi modules and service templates
• Standardise baseline infrastructure stacks (logging, monitoring, tagging, budgets)
• Reduce drift and copy-paste infra patterns
• Add safety checks and guardrails for faster, safer deployments

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in Python
• Experience with backend systems, infrastructure, or developer tooling
• Familiarity with at least one relevant area: CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Buildkite, etc.)
• Familiarity with at least one relevant area: CLI tooling and developer platforms
• Familiarity with at least one relevant area: SaaS/IT systems (SSO, identity, provisioning)
• Familiarity with at least one relevant area: Infrastructure-as-Code (Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving and systems thinking
• Commitment: ~20 hours per week
• Must be available for 2 × 45-minute syncs weekly
• Scheduled during PST work hours (Monday & Thursday)