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You'll contribute to a modern, event-driven microservices platform built on Kubernetes and AWS, working across the full stack with a team that moves fast and ships high-quality software. This role requires strong technical judgment, the ability to lead initiatives across teams, and a mindset for building systems that are scalable, reliable, and observable by default.\nWhat You'll Do\nTake full ownership of key product subdomains - including Telephony, CRM Integrations, Billing, and Observability - driving architecture decisions and long-term technical direction.\nDesign, build, and maintain full-stack applications using React, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, Kubernetes, and AWS Services. - Build and evolve deep integrations with third-party CRM platforms including Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho, GoHighLevel, etc.\nContribute to our event-sourcing, microservices-based architecture - designing resilient, fault-tolerant services that operate at scale.\nLeverage AI tooling and LLM-based systems to enhance product features and build enterprise-grade capabilities that meet strict SLA requirements.\nHelp build and enhance our observability platform which captures both system stability and user behavior that feeds into our business intelligence and ai platform.\nManage and improve our CI/CD and AWS EKS infrastructure using Terraform for cloud provisioning and Ansible for on-premise Kubernetes cluster management.\nChampion best practices, test automation, and code quality standards across the engineering organization.\nWhat We're Looking For\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production systems. \nStrong full-stack proficiency with React, Node.js, and TypeScript; solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL), NoSQL databases, and data platforms (warehouses, lakes, or lakehouses). \nExperience with event-driven or event-sourcing architectures and distributed systems design. \nDeep familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes (EKS); experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK/CloudFormation. \nHands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Grafana/Prometheus, or CloudWatch. \nExperience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Travis CI. \nStrong communication skills and the ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor peers, and influence architectural decisions across teams.\nA critical, systems-level thinker who can evaluate trade-offs, propose multiple solutions, and align stakeholders around the right path forward.\nNice to Have\nExperience with telephony providers such as Twilio, Plivo, or similar VoIP/CPaaS platforms.\nFamiliarity with CRM integration patterns and APIs (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho, GoHighLevel).\nExperience building or working with AI/ML systems, RAG pipelines, or LLM orchestration frameworks. \nBenefits and Perks\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance\nUnlimited paid time off (PTO), sick leave, and paid holidays\nComplimentary parking in our secure garage\nPet-friendly office\nOpportunities for career growth and continuous learning\nA collaborative, dynamic, and supportive team environment","description_format":"text","description_chars":3433,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Sales Enablement","Contact Center Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T16:06:35Z"}],"liveness":{"score":7,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.26,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":159,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:8","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-29T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":175000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kixie-senior-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kixie-senior-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30T00:32:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":341,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4659,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}}