Lead Software Engineer, Platform InfrastructureDutchie • Cape Coral, FL, United States

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Lead Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

Dutchie • Cape Coral, FL, United States

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Lead Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

Founded in 2017, Dutchie is a comprehensive technology platform that powers dispensary operations, providing consumers with safe and seamless access to cannabis. Dutchie is dedicated to supporting the positive societal change that the cannabis industry brings, through wellness benefits, social justice, and empowering local communities via tax revenue. As the leading technology company in the cannabis space, Dutchie powers thousands of dispensaries across over 40 markets in the United States and Canada. We have been recognized as one of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Companies in North America and have been listed two years in a row on LinkedIn's Top 50 Startups.

Dutchie has successfully raised over $600M in funding to date, supported by notable investors including D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, DFJ Growth, Thrive Capital, Howard Schultz, Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital, Gron Ventures, and members of the founding team at DoorDash, as well as Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures.

About the Role

We are on the lookout for a Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer who will take charge of our EKS infrastructure and serve as a technical leader for our cloud platform initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will standardize our multi-cluster application deployments, mentor engineering teams, and help define the future of our infrastructure at Dutchie.

What You'll Do...

Take ownership of our EKS infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, security, and scalability across multiple clusters.
Drive the standardization of multi-cluster application deployment patterns and best practices.
Be a subject matter expert for cloud infrastructure, offering technical leadership and guidance across engineering teams.
Educate and mentor engineers on Kubernetes, AWS, and cloud-native technologies.
Design and implement infrastructure solutions that prioritize performance, cost efficiency, and security.
Collaborate cross-functionally with development teams to enhance application deployment and operations.
Create and maintain infrastructure as code using modern tools to ensure reproducible and version-controlled infrastructure.
Implement security best practices throughout our cloud environment, including network policies, IAM configurations, and compliance measures.

What You Bring...

Demonstrated expertise in Kubernetes with hands-on experience managing production EKS clusters at scale.

Strong knowledge of AWS, particularly in EKS, IAM, VPCs, security groups, and AWS networking concepts.

Solid foundations in Linux, including systems administration, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

Proficiency in containerization with Docker and familiarity with container orchestration patterns.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code using tools like Pulumi or Terraform.

Programming skills in Python or Go, capable of writing production-quality automation and tooling.

A security-oriented mindset with practical experience implementing cloud security best practices.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

At least 5 years of experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and compute platforms.

It's a Bonus if You...

Have experience with service mesh technologies such as Linkerd or Istio.

Understand GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux).

Have exposure to Cloudflare, particularly Cloudflare Workers.

Are skilled in observability and monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.

Have contributed to open-source cloud-native projects.

Possess experience in optimizing costs in cloud environments.

You’ll Get

We are targeting a starting salary between $149,000 and $200,000 based on experience and expertise. Our compensation package goes beyond salary and includes :

Comprehensive medical benefits including dental and vision plans for your well-being.

Equity packages in the form of stock options available to all employees.

Allowance for technology (hardware, software, educational materials, etc.).

Flexible vacation and sick days.

At Dutchie, we are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect, where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our team is vital to our success, and we are dedicated to recruiting, developing, and retaining the most talented individuals from a diverse candidate pool.

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