Job description
[ABOUT ISTARI DIGITAL]
Istari is a digital engineering software company enabling our customers to turn the physical world into the digital to accomplish their specific mission or business objectives.
Istari was founded with the vision of making open, scalable digital engineering ecosystems a reality – where new technologies and systems are created digitally, free from the real-world constraints of costs and schedules. We are creating the world’s best engineering model sharing platform, allowing our customers to simply and securely integrate their models across different engineering disciplines, organizations, and security levels.
At Istari, we are passionate about our mission of creating the world’s first open and scalable industrial metaverse. Whether our customers are designing prototypes, performing virtual testing, or training AI and autonomy for complex systems, we know that going digital will save them time, resources, and reduce their environmental impact.
While we are a distributed team with most team-members working remotely, we place an emphasis on staying connected and collaborative, prioritizing in-person opportunities to build trust as a team. At Istari, we still believe that trust is best built in-person. To do this, we have an engineering headquarters in Cambridge, MA for focused technical development and several times per year we gather for an off-site that allows us to develop our professional skills and our team relationships.
[VALUES]
At Istari, we live by our values, which include:
Purposeful Autonomy
We value letting people self-organize and self-motivate.
Our flat structure and lack of meeting clutter are meant to empower individuals and teams to be proactive.
Our autonomy is measured, goal-oriented, and results-driven – not meandering.
Clear objectives help us prioritize our time.
Smart Transparency
We believe in honest-but-kind communication, transparency, and open-door policies.
We love learning about challenges and tackling them early, not hearing good or bad news late.
We share work-in-progress across our team.
Fast feedback keeps autonomy purposeful.
Continual Curiosity
At Istari, we love learning to do things ourselves.
We ask, read, share, teach – even watch YouTube videos – to learn new skills to solve problems.
When we make breakthroughs, we write them down.
Writing focuses ideas, helps us learn, and helps us share.
Equal Opportunity
Istari is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Core team. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and managing scalable software that supports our products. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud technologies and a passion for driving innovation in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-availability, scalable, and secure software solutions to support our products, including API endpoints and features with appropriate unit, integration, and contract tests.
- Design and implement robust authentication and authorization that provides flexible and reliable security for customer data and interactions.
- Collaborate closely with product, software engineering, and infrastructure teams to design and implement solutions in alignment with release management goals.
- Automate tests and incorporate tests into deployment and release pipelines.
- Implement robust security practices to protect data integrity and compliance with industry standards.
- Troubleshoot incidents and provide innovative solutions to drive efficiency and reliability.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies to enhance system capabilities and performance.
- Participate in incident response and problem management processes to minimize service disruptions.
- Lead and mentor junior engineers, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; relevant certifications are highly regarded (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience delivering cloud based software solutions.
- Proficiency in one or more common programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, Java, .NET, Rust, or other
- Strong understanding and experience with container deployment, micro service architecture, REST API design, and OpenAPI specifications
- Strong understanding of unit, integration, and contract testing
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, familiarity with deploying and diagnosing services deployed to Kubernetes clusters
- Strong understanding of PostgreSQL and/or OpenID Connect based Identity and Authorization solutions (Auth0, Okta, Zitadel, Keycloak, Entra, Ping, other) is highly regarded
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within cross-functional teams
$137,000 - $206,000 a year
BENEFITS
We offer highly competitive benefits, including:
Health and Family
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Employee Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Life Insurance
- Flexible Work Hours
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) with federal government holidays
Financial
- Competitive Compensation
- 401k
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Setup Budget
Learning
- Reimbursement for approved trainings and subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Note - some benefits are not available to interns or contractors.
Thank you for your interest in Istari. Expect to hear back from us soon with next steps.
