Software Engineer II - Backend

About HashiCorp

HashiCorp is solves development, operations, and security challenges in infrastructure so organizations can focus on business-critical tasks. We build products to give organizations a consistent way to manage their move to cloud-based IT infrastructures for running their applications. Our products enable companies large and small to mix and match AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and other clouds as well as on-premise environments, easing their ability to deliver new applications for their business.

Engineering at HashiCorp is largely a remote team. While prior experience working remotely isn't required, we are looking for team members who perform well given a high level of independence and autonomy.

HashiCorp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and other applicable state or local laws.

HashiCorp is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please reach out to benefits@hashicorp.com

The Position

We are looking for an experienced engineer to join the Vault Cloud team and focus on developing the core subsystems for Vault Cloud. You will help design, prototype, and implement core features while ensuring the scalability and stability of Vault Cloud.

This person will be a part of the Vault Cloud engineering team at HashiCorp, working to provide reliable and easy access to a fantastic and broadly used secrets tool for businesses and individuals handling all sizes and types of infrastructure.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Work on next-generation distributed systems for operations management
• Build and architect systems for managing large-scale global fleets of resources
• Interface directly with internal teams, users and HashiCorp customers
• Own the full lifecycle of development including design, testing, release, and running the service in production
• Program mostly in Golang, learning from and contributing to a team committed to continually improving their skills
• Work on issues and improvements critical to the success of HashiCorp customers and the broader community
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation that supports our critical production services

In the first month, you will:

• Learn about the various products, tools, and the team
• Meet regularly with your onboarding guide for pairing sessions and begin building the context around the work you will be doing
• Have 1:1s with other team members that you will be working closely with
• Ship out your first set of tickets of particular services within the HCP Vault product, and participate in regular code reviews

In month 2, you will:

• Begin working on your first project, working towards an MVP, seeking feedback and iterating along the way
• Participate in cross-team engineering design discussions, helping to enhance HashiCorp’s cloud offerings
• Continue building your understanding of the product, as well as its operational needs by shadowing other engineers through their on-call rotations

In month 3, you will:

• Have increasing understanding of opportunities available to enhance the product offering, and some of its common challenges
• Have opportunities to contribute and influence the technical product roadmap
• Begin your on-call rotations to support the operations of the work you and your team members have shipped to production
• Work with your manager to develop and craft a professional development plan that supports your career, and builds upon your strengths
• Build your first project proposal and shared understanding of its design, implementation and its operations with your team as well as any related teams

Requirements

• You have 1-5 years of experience in software development
• You have strong language experience using Go
• You are familiar with microservices architectures, and ideally have seen microservices in operation at a global scale, including its active development
• You enjoy working have prior experience working in high performance or distributed systems
• You are excited to collaborate and brainstorm on topics such as performance, security, user interactions in complex systems
• You have a strong understanding of security principles
• You have built or operated a large scale Cloud service
• You have experience or desire to scale new products

Our Hiring Process

The below serves as a basic outline; we may choose to add or remove steps based on the information that we gather during the process.

• Introductory Call with someone from our recruiting team.
• First Interview with an Engineering Manager.
• Interview Loop with additional team members, with the following panel:
• Technical Code Pairing interview
• Code Review interview
• Communication and Collaboration interview
• Systems and architecture interview
• If applicable, a final conversation with the Engineering Manager for the team you would be joining.
• Offer.

We do our best to accommodate your programming language of choice for technical interviews.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision. HashiCorp offers your choice of medical plans as well as dental and vision coverage for you and any dependents, including spouses, domestic partners, and children. Coverage begins upon your first day of hire.
• Life & disability insurance. HashiCorp provides life insurance coverage in the amount equal to your annual salary at no cost to you. If you would like additional coverage, you have the option to enroll in voluntary life insurance for yourself or your dependents. You will also be covered under our short term and long term disability policies in the event that you are unable to work for an extended period of time due to a health condition.
• Flexible spending account (FSA). You can set aside pretax money to go towards the purchase or payment of approved health care and dependent care expenses. These can include copays, birth control, day care for children or elder adults, acupuncture, and more.
• Vacation and Other Leaves. We believe in giving our employees the opportunity to recharge and refresh, and our vacation policy reflects that. Our Paid Vacation Policy offers employees 4 weeks of vacation per year. So, whether you’d like to vacation on a beach or relax at home, it’s up to you! Additionally, we offer 10 days of paid sick leave per year, 12 paid holidays, bereavement leave, miscarriage leave and extended personal leave. We value your health and well-being and empower you to take ownership of your earned and well-deserved time away.
• 401(k). Our 401(k) plan provides a variety of investment options to help you fund your retirement. The plan allows you to contribute a designated amount of your pre-taxed income from each paycheck thereby lowering your taxable annual income. The plan also offers employees the opportunity to enroll in Roth, and after-tax contributions.
• Family Expansion Benefit. We are dedicated to supporting the needs of our employees and their families in a way that is inclusive of all family structures. That is why we’re proud to offer a Family Expansion Benefit through Carrot designed to support a variety of family expansion methods that range from Adoption to Fertility treatments, and can be customized to the needs and preferences of each individual employee.
• Maternity and Parental Leave. To bond with their newborn, we provide birthing parents up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave via short-term disability and HashiCorp’s parental leave policy. For non-birthing parents (including adoptive) we offer 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Expanded Mental Health Support. We understand the importance of supporting our employees mental health, and are committed to doing this through a variety of resources. In addition to offering an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), we provide employees access to an on-demand behavioral healthcare benefit through Ginger.