Golang Engineer - Open Source

About Gruntwork:

Gruntwork is on a mission to transform the way DevOps is done. Let’s face it: designing, launching, and managing infrastructure is still a terrible experience for most organizations, but it doesn’t have to be that way!

We are globally recognized both for our open source tools used by thousands of companies from startups to Fortune 500s, and our thought leadership on how DevOps should be done.

About this role:

Gruntwork is hiring a senior Golang engineer to focus specifically on Open Source projects, primarily OpenTofu but also Terragrunt and other tools. *Note that this is a contractor position.

• Work collaboratively with the open source community to design and implement innovative new features at the frontier of devops tooling

• Help maintain and improve the quality of our codebase, infrastructure, and documentation

• Review and provide feedback on pull requests from the community and team members

Qualifications for Success:

• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on GoLang

• Proven experience with open source projects, ideally in a leadership role

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

About you:

We’re looking for a Grunt who:

• Loves making customers happy. You're on a mission to making customers happy and successful. You're eager to leverage your talents to meet their needs.

• Loves to learn. You're excited abut learning new things, and looking to be at the forefront of DevOps best practices.

• Loves a challenge. You like to perform at your best by aiming high while also taking care of yourself and those around you.

• Cares about your fellow humans. You look to make personal connections with the people you work with, and you want to work for a company whose mission and people you believe in.

• Has extensive AWS foundations experience. You have worked for years with AWS, have deep familiarity with AWS networking (VPC), foundational best practices (Organizations, SCPs, Landing Zone), and security best practices.

• Has extensive Terraform experience. You have directly authored plenty of Terraform modules, you've operated Terraform in prod and can speak from your years of experience, and you're excited to use OpenTofu.

• Has a passion for DevOps best practices. You're passionate about the best way to run modern cloud infrastructure in a secure, convenient, and enjoyable way.

About your time zone:

One of our values is that work-life balance leads to both better work and a better life, so we require that all our team members live in a time zone between Los Angeles and New York, inclusive. You can be located anywhere in the western hemisphere, though most of our team is in the USA and Canada.

Our interview process:

After you apply for this role, here's the process we'll go through to evaluate a mutual fit. As this role is closely linked with the OpenTofu community project, the OpenTofu core development team will be involved in the technical phases of this interview process.

1. Phone screen. We'll do a quick phone screen to assess a general fit.

2. Technical interview. We'll talk shop with you to see if we're on the same page about the technical requirements for the role.

3. Technical Assignment. A technical challenge designed by the OpenTofu development team

4. Culture / Values Interview: We’ll ask about prior work experiences and challenges and how you dealt with them.

5. Reference checks. We'll ask your prior colleagues about where you thrive most.

6. Offer! We're very pleased to be working together!