[Hiring] Software Engineer @Portainer.io

Role Description

We are looking for Software Engineers to play a key role in delivering Portainer reliably at scale. This role will help shape the next generation of our product while strengthening engineering practices across the organisation.

• Work in an engineering team to help build the next versions of Portainer
• Raise the bar for engineering practices and support those around you
• Individual contributor role with a strong expectation to proactively complete tasks
• Become an expert in a single aspect or area of the product
• Contribute significant code and start to coach others
• Manage thousands of devices reliably at scale in customer environments

Portainer is open source, and you can view the code for our Community Edition at https://github.com/portainer/portainer . We use Go for our backend and JavaScript/React for the frontend.

• Craft: Capable engineer across a main skillset and can readily pick up others as needed
• Collaboration: Contribute effectively and proactively to team meetings and brainstorming
• Impact: Measured by how effectively you complete your assigned work and proactively take on new tasks
• Values: Model Portainer's values, focusing on "Muck In" and contributing to a positive, inclusive team culture

Qualifications

• Expertise in Go with a proven track record of delivering and maintaining robust, production-grade software
• Ability to work across multiple parts of the stack, including solid hands-on experience with Go and familiarity with front-end technologies
• Proven ability to coach engineers within your team through code reviews and one-on-one guidance
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly
• Proven ability to take ownership of complex projects, breaking them down into actionable tasks

Requirements

• Must haves:
• Expertise in Go with a proven track record of delivering and maintaining robust, production-grade software
• Ability to work across multiple parts of the stack, including solid hands-on experience with Go and familiarity with front-end technologies
• Proven ability to coach engineers within your team through code reviews and one-on-one guidance
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly
• Proven ability to take ownership of complex projects, breaking them down into actionable tasks
• Should haves:
• Industry knowledge (current trends in containerisation or Platform Engineering)
• Experience with a JavaScript front-end framework (e.g., React, Vue, or Angular)
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and related tooling
• Experience working effectively as part of a remote or hybrid team
• Solid understanding of containerisation and orchestration fundamentals, including Docker and Kubernetes
• Nice to haves:
• Experience delivering B2B software, and/or collaborating with Sales and Customer Success/Support teams
• Deep infrastructure and operations expertise, with hands-on experience running large-scale Kubernetes or Docker environments
• Experience building and maintaining software deployed into customer environments (on-premise, edge, or air-gapped)

Benefits

• Impact at scale: The opportunity to shape a globally adopted product and contribute to a fast-growing company
• Competitive package: A strong remuneration package, with benefits including participation in our stock option plan and group insurance (NZ staff only)
• Flexibility with connection: The ability to work remotely within an async-first, time zone friendly culture
• Global collaboration: The chance to work with a world-class distributed team, tackling complex technical challenges
• Growth and development: Access to a huge amount of collective knowledge, along with training, mentoring, and development opportunities

Company Description

Portainer is on a mission to make container management simple, quick and easy. Whether it's Kubernetes, Swarm, Docker, or Edge compute, the drive to create expert, elegant, simple, yet powerful tools that make the complex simple is what makes us tick.