Senior Software Engineer – APIs and Tools

Austin, Texas

Req ID: 201842

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, Partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

About the Team

The SolarWinds Platform team builds the foundational APIs and services that power our next-generation observability products. On the APIs and Tools team, you’ll be responsible for the infrastructure that the SolarWinds Platform uses to power its GraphQL and REST APIs, as well as the tools built upon those APIs that allow our customers (internal and external) to take advantage of the SolarWinds Platform.

Your Role

As a software engineer on the APIs and Tools team, you’ll help shape how people interact with the platform. You’ll be responsible for building scalable solutions to some of our most challenging technical problems while optimizing for ease of use and sustainability, all centered on the infrastructure used to power those APIs and the tools teams and customers use to interact with the platform.

Your Impact

Architect and develop mission-critical tools that empower customers to harness the full potential of SolarWinds Observability, including our Terraform provider and CLI
Create and maintain robust SDKs that simplify platform integration across multiple languages and frameworks
Design and optimize high-performance API infrastructure that scales to support thousands of concurrent users
Define and evolve our REST API specifications and TypeSpec implementations, establishing standards that balance flexibility with consistency

Your Experience

We understand that the perfect candidate doesn’t exist on paper. If you’re passionate about building scalable software and systems and have experience with some, but not all, of the technologies listed below, we still encourage you to apply. We value diverse perspectives, eagerness to learn, and the ability to solve complex problems over checking every box in a list of requirements.

Proven track record building scalable systems, particularly using Go, with additional proficiency in languages like Java, Kotlin, Python, Ruby, or TypeScript
Hands-on expertise implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools like Terraform, Salt, or Ansible
Success developing and maintaining Terraform providers/plugins that delight users with their reliability and usability
Knowledge of Kubernetes controller patterns and experience implementing custom controllers
Passion for crafting elegant APIs that developers love to use

We believe in empowering our team members to make a meaningful impact. If you’re passionate about creating great developer experiences and want to help shape the future of observability, we’d love to talk with you.

SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All applications are treated in accordance with the SolarWinds Privacy Notice: https://www.solarwinds.com/applicant-privacy-notice