Staff Software Engineer

Cambridge
6 days ago
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As a staff engineer at Arm, not only will you play a part in developing the technology of tomorrow, but you will also have the opportunity to directly help and support hundreds of thousands of engineers worldwide using our platforms to develop their solutions or applications.

 

If you are craving for that exciting and challenging role – Arm is the place for you!

Job Description:

The Development Platforms Group is delivering on Arm’s ambition to be ubiquitous across all compute (Cloud, AI, Mobile, IoT, Automotive) and as accessible as possible. It also strives to reduce the cost, complexity and time needed by our partners, customers and users to adopt or build on our latest designs and pieces of technology.

Responsibilities:

You will be joining a growing team which develops and operates websites, cloud applications and online services to make this possible.

In creating and maintaining systems, you will be involved in:

Building user facing website and cloud applications.

Building scalable, API-driven cloud services.

Working across teams to drive continuous improvements in security and quality practises.

Running cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability and reliability of cloud services with AWS and Kubernetes.

Applying best practices in agile development including Continuous Integration and Delivery, making automation a key feature of our development processes.

Following the Agile software development lifecycle by being part of every step: from user research, decision making to implementation, operation and maintenance.

Applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles defining service-level objectives (SLO) and supporting metrics.

Required Skills and Experience:

We are looking for an innovative engineer to join us at Arm with a keen interest in software development and more precisely web technologies and cloud services.

You will have used at least multiple programming languages (compiled or interpreted) professionally, for example Python, Typescript (Javascript), Go, C++, Rust, C# or Python, preferably in server side deployments.

Ideally your previous experience will include designing, developing and maintaining Website, APIs, Web services along with connected databases and stores, on dynamically scaled Cloud Infrastructure.

You will have practical experience and knowledge in best security and quality practices in online systems.

Familiarity and practical knowledge of common design principles used to build scalable and robust web services

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

A practical appreciation and experience of some of the following concepts:

Programming Libraries
Python - Django, pytest, mypy

Go - Ent

Typescript (Javascript) - Next.js, React, Jest, Storybook, Playwright, Tailwind

Service Design Patterns and TechnologiesMicroservice Architecture

REST (including HATEOAS)

GraphQL

gRPC,

Change ManagementContract-first approach

Version control

Shift-left testing

DevOps Practices 
CI/CD (GitHub, GitHub Actions)

Deployment (AWS, Kubernetes)

Containerisation (Docker)

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

In Return:

We will help you settle into the business and support you to build and be your brilliant self! We believe in personal growth as well as professional development.

On top of that, we will provide:

Mentoring and leadership

A competitive salary and rewards package

Health and wellbeing, career progression and pathway support.

Hybrid working (as a team, we try to balance remote work and work on site, with a minimum of three set days in the office to allow greater teamwork and decision making)

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Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want our people to Do Great Things. If you need support or an accommodation to Be Your Brilliant Self during the recruitment process, please email . To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran

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