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About Epirus

Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.

Job Summary: The Software Engineer will work in an infrastructure-focused team to design and develop infrastructure, automation tools, and pipelines. A core responsibility of this role is implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) while enhancing automation processes to support teams across the organization. The primary goal is to build scalable, robust systems that ensure long-term reliability and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Write clean, maintainable code with unit tests to ensure high quality.
• Implement secure, scalable AWS infrastructure using IaC tools like CDK.
• Collaborate with software teams to define and meet infrastructure and deployment needs.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux systems, resolving infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Optimize infrastructure for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure compliance and configuration standards using management tools.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in at least one of the following languages: C/C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Node, Java, or object-oriented programming.
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience with tools such as CDK, Terraform, or other IaC frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with at least 4 of these AWS services: CloudFormation, S3, EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, IAM, SageMaker, GuardDuty, ECS, EKS, Step Functions, CodeBuild/CodePipeline. Equivalent experience with Azure or GCP services is also acceptable.
• Familiarity with PyTest, Jest, React Testing Library, or equivalent.
• Strong bias for action, taking ownership, and insisting on the highest standards.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking.
• Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience writing Bash, Powershell scripts.
• Familiarity with additional AWS services (e.g., KMS, Route 53, SNS, SQS, Athena, Glue, API Gateway, WAF, CloudWatch).
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Docker, Ansible, Salt, or Jenkins.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with security and compliance for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

At Epirus, you'll work with technical peers and great people—and get first crack at some of the defining technology challenges of our time. Here, “impossible” is just a challenge. We're a diverse, fast-growing team of change-makers fueling the future of energy with revolutionary solutions. Join us and rewrite the rules.

As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is: $135,000 — $155,000 USD.