9917 - Senior Engineer - Cloud Platform

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Wind River Conductor About the Opportunity Wind River Systems is building Wind River Studio for Operators, delivering an integrated cloud platform, unifying infrastructure, orchestration, and analytics capabilities so operators can deploy and manage their intelligent 5G edge networks globally. Wind River Systems is seeking an experienced, high-performing Senior Software Engineer developing distributed cloud-based orchestration and automation platform solution for the intelligent edge. The orchestration capabilities in Wind River Studio give you a single pane of glass to manage and automate application deployment in a large‑scale distributed environment. Pick the applications you need from an app catalog, deploy them to a carrier‑grade cloud platform, and orchestrate the resources needed for the applications — simply, intuitively, and logically. Scale from a handful of nodes to thousands of nodes in a geographically dispersed distributed environment. Within the Wind River Cloud team, we work with large‑scale projects like Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack, and fast‑paced open‑source technologies that are central to our products. We are seeking a versatile and high‑performing Cloud Developer who thrives in agile environments and brings deep expertise in software engineering, Linux systems, and cloud‑native development. You will contribute to Wind River’s leadership in the StarlingX open‑source project, helping build and maintain infrastructure for highly distributed edge solutions—including 5G, autonomous vehicles, and industrial automation. Primary Responsibilities Develop software for a complete cloud infrastructure software stack Design and implement high‑quality code based on Kubernetes, containerized applications, and distributed cloud systems Apply Test‑Driven Development (TDD) practices to ensure robust and maintainable code Work with open‑source technologies including Kubernetes, OpenStack, KubeVirt, Helm, Ansible, Puppet, and OSTree Contribute to platform upgrade features and CI/CD pipelines Stay current with OpenStack advancements and integrate them into the platform Participate in agile development processes, with the ability to shift between development, testing, and automation roles as needed Investigate and resolve issues during product verification and customer integration Use Linux and shell scripting for day‑to‑day development and operations Work with open‑source software responsibly, including understanding licensing models and managing CVEs Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field 3+ years of professional software development experience 2+ years of programming experience with Python Experience with Linux systems and shell scripting 2+ years professional experience testing and deploying software utilizing Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm 2+ years of experience working as part of cross‑functional Agile SCRUM Teams Experience building infrastructure software for scalable, distributed systems Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills Professional experience working as part of globally‑dispersed engineering teams Desirable Qualifications Proven ability through professional experience to quickly adapt and independently learn new technologies and apply them to deliver results Our Commitment to Diversity Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics. To learn more, visit Wind River at Applicant Privacy Notice Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here. Equal Opportunity Employer Wind River is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr