Software Engineer: IaC Platform Experience

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer: IaC Platform Experience based in India. This role sits within a developer platform team focused on building and evolving core Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities used by thousands of engineers globally. You will take ownership of a Go-based Terraform provider that powers critical infrastructure workflows and shapes how developers interact with backend services at scale. The work spans deep technical challenges such as resource lifecycle correctness, schema design, versioning, and upgrade safety. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering stakeholders to define roadmap priorities and deliver high-impact features in an async-first, fast-moving environment. This is a highly impactful role for someone passionate about developer experience and reliable platform tooling. You will help ensure the Terraform experience is predictable, well-documented, and production-ready for a global developer audience.

Accountabilities

• Own and maintain the Go-based Terraform provider codebase, including architecture decisions, implementation quality, testing strategy, and release readiness
• Improve provider reliability and usability by refining resource behavior, data sources, lifecycle handling, and upgrade safety
• Lead technical design efforts through RFCs, documentation, and iterative delivery of IaC workflows
• Define and implement migration paths and interoperability strategies for existing Terraform users
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align on roadmap priorities, scope, and delivery outcomes
• Analyze user feedback, OSS issues, and usage signals to continuously improve the developer experience
• Develop clear documentation and examples to support adoption and ease of use of IaC workflows

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in platform engineering, infrastructure tooling, or distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in Go with experience shipping production-grade developer tools
• Hands-on experience with Terraform providers, declarative resource models, and lifecycle edge cases
• Strong understanding of schema design, versioning strategies, and backwards compatibility
• Experience owning or contributing to a widely used provider or similar infrastructure tooling with real users
• Knowledge of testing strategies for IaC systems, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and release/versioning workflows in production systems
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical design docs and RFCs
• Nice to have: experience with TypeScript-based tooling, CLI ecosystems, or GitHub automation workflows

Benefits

• Fully remote setup with global hiring and co-working support (WeWork or equivalent allowance)
• Equity ownership (ESOP) so you can share in the company’s long-term success
• Annual tech allowance to equip your ideal work environment
• Health coverage for employees (100%) and dependents (80%), depending on location
• Yearly company off-sites for in-person collaboration and connection
• Async-friendly and flexible work culture with trust-based time management
• Annual learning and development budget for courses, books, conferences, and professional growth

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