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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