Computer Programmer

Role

Axle seeks a Computer Programmer to build and optimize scalable cloud and hybrid platforms with a focus on DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). The role emphasizes automation, CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering, and enabling AI/ML workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and operate scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Champion DevOps and SRE practices including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, observability, and reliability engineering.
• Build developer-friendly platforms (“golden paths”) to simplify deployments and improve velocity.
• Enable and optimize infrastructure for AI/ML workloads, including data pipelines, model training/inference environments, and GPU/high-performance compute.
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for applications, data, and ML workflows.
• Implement observability frameworks (metrics, logs, traces) and define/manage SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems; drive continuous improvement.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, and lifecycle management of environments.
• Build and manage containerized and orchestrated platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Support cloud migration, modernization, platform standardization, and ensure security, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Evangelize DevOps practices and AI-driven tool integrations for code standards and shift-left automation.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering.

Requirements

• 6+ years hands-on Linux experience (Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat), including containers, dependency management, and administration support.
• 4+ years automating IaC deployments to AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• 4+ years in DevOps / SRE roles supporting production systems.
• 4+ years with CI/CD and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or cloud-native equivalents).
• Proficiency using vibe coding and coding assistants to develop scripts, tools, and applications for DevOps/SRE use cases.
• Ability to debug, troubleshoot, and deploy SQL and/or NoSQL databases, object storage, and open-source stacks (Node.js, R, Python, .NET Core, Java desirable).
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new and emerging technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure) preferred.
• Certifications in Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, or networking (CCNA/CCNP or similar) preferred.

Benefits

• 100% Medical, Dental & Vision coverage for employees
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401(k) match up to 5%
• Educational benefits for career growth
• Employee referral bonus
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare FSA)
• Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
• Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)