Forward Engineering Specialist, Senior Software Engineer

Forward Engineering Specialist, Senior Software Engineer Siemens Digital Industries Software Portland Negotiable Advanced (5-10 yrs) As a Forward Engineering Specialist, Senior Software Engineer , you will join a high-impact team focused on building the future of engineering within Siemens Digital Industries Software. Forward Engineering operates at the intersection of innovation and operational excellence, leveraging OSES (One Software Engineering System) to unify processes, tools, and standards across development teams. Your role will involve designing next-generation solutions, enabling development teams through hands-on collaboration, and driving systemic improvements in reliability, scalability, and delivery. By embedding with teams and using OSES as the foundation, you will help streamline workflows, improve observability, and implement automation that accelerates software delivery while maintaining quality and compliance. Key Responsibilities Build the Future: Design and implement new services, tooling, and operational frameworks; prototype and deliver solutions addressing reliability and scalability challenges; lead initiatives like SRE-as-a-Service and Incident Commander Service. Enable Development Teams: Embed with dev teams to co-create solutions; provide hands-on support for debugging, Git workflows, observability tools, and incident response; reinvent on-call practices with clear escalation paths. Drive Operational Excellence: Create dashboards, alerts, and monitoring systems to reduce noise and improve visibility; ensure services meet OLAs and are properly documented; guarantee access to necessary tooling without blockers. Challenge the Status Quo: Escalate when systems or processes hinder progress; refuse 'we've always done it this way' as an answer; create actionable next steps that move teams forward. Build Trust Across Teams: Collaborate with multiple teams to understand pain points and deliver operational improvements; expand trust by solving real problems and driving adoption of best practices. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Experience: 5+ years in software engineering or site reliability engineering roles. Proven experience with CI/CD, Git workflows, and observability tools (e.g., Datadog). Strong background in designing scalable architectures and implementing automation. Skills: Expertise in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, or similar). Familiarity with cloud platforms and container orchestration (Kubernetes). Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills; ability to work across multiple teams. Travel: Occasional travel for developer engagement (approx. once per year per location). Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States and will not require employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future. This position will be subject to U.S. export control requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Employment is contingent on either verifying the U.S. Person status or obtaining any necessary export license. Benefits Working at Siemens Software means flexibility – choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here. We offer great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software. Siemens Software. Transform the Everyday with Us #J-18808-Ljbffr SupportFinity™