Lead Platform Engineer

Job Title

Lead Platform Engineer

About Canoo

Canoo’s mission is to bring EVs to Everyone and build a world-class

team to deploy this sustainable mobility revolution. We have developed

breakthrough electric vehicles that are reinventing the automotive landscape

with pioneering technologies, award-winning designs, and a unique business model

that spans all owners in the full lifecycle of the vehicle. Canoo is starting

production and is distinguished by its pioneering and experienced team of

technologists, engineers, and designers. With offices around the country, the

company is scaling quickly and seeking candidates who love to challenge

themselves, are motivated by purpose, and possess a strong desire to get things

done.

The “Canoo Way”

Canoo’s success is the direct result of our disciplined application of our core

operating principles and drills, which are based on three main principles: Think

80/20 (“Important versus less important”), Act 30/30 (“Reduce waste and increase

output”), and Live 90/10 (“We have each other’s back”). We hire based on “MET” -

Mindset, Equipment and willingness to Train - and seek individuals that take

accountability and deliver results being Humble, Hungry to succeed, and Hunting

for opportunities to win. We train our team to engage with each other by

modulating between their intellect (iQ) and emotional intelligence (eQ) applying

Facts, Finesse, and Force when they communicate. The principles and drills of

the CANOO Way have been fundamental to our success, our ability to grow,

continuously improve, innovate and are at the core of our day-to-day

operations.

Job Purpose

The Lead Platform Engineer will be responsible for managing daily operational

activity of our cloud infrastructure which includes Kubernetes clusters, ArgoCD,

and Terraform. In addition, you will be responsible for a portfolio of tools,

standards, and patterns that enable development teams to operate more

efficiently. You will need to use your technical depth and hands-on

implementation experience to create efficient, scalable solutions managing cloud

infrastructure, while adhering to principles of observability.

Responsibilities

• (80s of the Position)
• * Lead in adopting and creating best practices while implementing
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes amongst
• other tools
• * Stay abreast of new technologies and create prototypes where applicable
• * Work with IT governance to implement and validate compliance to overall
• enterprise policies and best practices
• * Lead in managing monitoring and alerting solutions to provide visibility into
• the overall health of applications, systems, and code
• * Work with development and QA teams to identify and implement improvements to
• the developments, deployment and monitoring workflows
• * Lead the automation and development tools that ensure rapid, safe, and
• high-quality delivery of features
• * Lead the creation and improvements of Infrastructure as Code throughout the
• enterprise
• Required Experience
• * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent
• experience
• * 7+ years of working with cloud infrastructure
• * Strong programming and scripting knowledge, e.g., Terraform, Bash, Helm,
• Golang, Groovy
• * Expertise with one of CI/CD systems and their pipelines, both cloud and
• on-prem: Jenkins (preferred), CircleCI, ArgoCD, GitlabCI
• * Familiarity with software configuration management systems and source code
• version control systems (git, bitbucket, svn)
• * Understanding of designing and developing architecture for cloud-based
• applications
• * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• * Strong understanding of cloud native tools and managed cloud offerings (CNCF,
• AWS, GCP)
• * Experience with cloud native platforms and tools including Kubernetes, Helm,
• Terraform, Hashicorp Vault, AWS CLI, GCP CLI, Cloudflare, JFrog Artifactory
• * Solid understanding of 12 Factor application methodogy
• * Understanding observability initiatives such as dashboards and alerts using
• tools such as AWS Cloudwatch, Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, Jaeger
• * Understanding of PCI-DSS, CCPA, and GDPR compliance
• Preferred Experience
• * Jenkins, especially Jenkins Configuration as Code
• * Terraform
• * Kubernetes
• * Helm
• * ArgoCD
• * Harness
• * Vault
• * Observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, etc)
• * Python
• * NodeJS
• Travel Requirements
• * Occasional travel for team events
• Physical Requirements for Non-Physical Positions
• While performing the duties of this job, employees may be required to sit for
• prolonged periods of time, occasionally bending or stooping, lifting up to 10
• pounds, and prolonged periods of computer use.
• Reasonable Accommodations
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
• perform the essential functions of the position.
• What's Cool About Working Here...
• * Meaningful, challenging work that will redefine automotive landscape and make
• EVs available to everyone
• * Comprehensive Health Insurance
• * Equity Compensation
• * Flexible Paid Time Off
• * Casual workplace with an unbelievable feeling of energy
• Canoo is an equal opportunity-affirmative action employer and considers all
• qualified applicants for employment based on business needs, job requirements
• and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
• age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital
• status, past or present military service or any other status protected by the
• laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We also consider
• qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal,
• state and local law.
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