[Hiring] System Engineer @Aegis Ventures

Role Description

As a Part-Time System Engineer at Avandra Imaging, you will be an early-career technical generalist supporting the stability, reliability, and performance of our systems. This role bridges frontline technical support, quality assurance, and systems automation, enabling Engineering teams to move quickly and confidently.

This is a hands-on, growth-oriented role designed for candidates early in their technical careers who are eager to build strong foundations in systems engineering, automation, and troubleshooting in a real-world production environment.

What You’ll Do:

Technical Support & Systems Troubleshooting

• Diagnose and resolve software, system, and infrastructure issues across Avandra’s products and internal tooling
• Act as a technical point of contact for escalated or ambiguous issues impacting reliability, performance, or accessibility
• Support deployment, configuration, and maintenance of software, hardware, and internal systems

Quality Assurance

• Contribute to the quality and reliability of Avandra’s software through structured QA processes
• Write and maintain automated test suites (integration, regression, smoke tests)
• Participate in release testing and validation efforts
• Ensure appropriate test coverage for new features and critical infrastructure

System Automation

• Write scripts and tools for deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Support infrastructure provisioning and configuration using automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
• Improve system observability through logging, alerting, and dashboards
• Identify repetitive tasks and build automated solutions to reduce manual effort

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical role (support, QA, IT operations, help desk) or relevant academic, bootcamp, or project experience
• Basic proficiency with Linux/Unix or macOS command-line environments
• Familiarity with at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go, etc.)
• Understanding of APIs, client/server concepts, and modern web applications
• Ability to read and interpret logs, error messages, and system metrics at a foundational level
• Basic experience with databases (queries, connections, or schema concepts)

What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to break down ambiguous technical problems into clear, actionable steps
• Curiosity & Learning Agility: Strong desire to learn new systems, tools, and technologies quickly
• Automation Orientation: Interest in reducing manual work through scripting, tooling, and process improvement
• Collaboration & Communication: Ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, and Support teams
• Ownership & Initiative: Willingness to take responsibility, ask questions, and escalate issues appropriately

Benefits

• Impact: Work on systems that support one of the largest medical imaging data platforms in the world
• Growth: Structured exposure to systems engineering, QA, automation, and cloud infrastructure
• Culture: Collaborative, engineering-driven environment focused on learning and continuous improvement
• Flexibility: Remote-friendly work with autonomy and trust
• Equity: Opportunity to participate in a high-growth, equity-driven company

Hourly Rate / Compensation

• $20.00 per hour