Sr. Staff IT Software Engineer

Descriptions & Requirements

Job Description and Requirements

OPEN TO HIRING IN AUSTIN, TX or HILLSBORO, OR

We Are:

At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in chip design, verification, and IP integration, empowering the creation of high-performance silicon chips and software content. Join us to transform the future through continuous technological innovation.

You Are:

You are a seasoned senior software engineer with a strong emphasis on delivering high performant and scalable infrastructure and platforms as a service solutions. With an extensive background in architecting and developing hybrid solutions (both on-premise as well as cloud-native), you bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. Your deep understanding of automation, troubleshooting, and operations makes you a pivotal player in enabling innovative, resilient, and scalable solutions across commercial and government cloud platforms.

As a hands-on leader, you thrive in dynamic environments and have a proven ability to align stakeholders, lead initiatives, and champion customer success. Your adeptness at balancing innovation and reliability, and your ability to seamlessly navigate changing requirements and technical challenges, set you apart. You are passionate about fostering a culture of technical excellence and customer-centricity and are always looking for ways to drive strategic business outcomes through the infrastructure-as-a-service solutions.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Hands-on coding (in multiple programming languages) for the bulk of your time, software development and operation of services with a focus on high availability, performance, and resilience.
• Architecting and implementing hybrid infrastructure as a service solutions delivered to both on-premise datacenters as well as public clouds (Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform).
• Developing and maturing CI/CD pipelines (branching, versioning, releases, quality gating) with an automation-first mindset.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment using Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) tools like Terraform, OpenTofu, and Pulumi.
• Creating solutions for internal developer portals with extensible platforms (e.g., Backstage.io) and control planes (e.g., Crossplane.io).
• Defining and implementing standards for security, networking, and compliance in multi-cloud environments.
• Integrating monitoring and alerting solutions for proactive issue resolution and performance optimization.

The Impact You Will Have:

• Play a crucial role in delivering cutting-edge hybrid and multi-cloud solutions that meet diverse customer needs across the enterprise.
• Lead by example, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and customer-centricity within the entire IT organization.
• Contribute to the success and growth of cloud-native offerings, helping to drive strategic business outcomes.
• Enhance the reliability and performance of critical infrastructure services, ensuring high availability and resilience.
• Drive automation and efficiency in service delivery, reducing operational overhead and accelerating time to market.
• Influence the adoption of best practices in cloud architecture, security, and compliance across the organization.

What You'll Need:

• 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, DevOps, and automating solutions in public cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Javascript, Bash) for automation and process improvement.
• In-depth hands-on experience with cloud-native tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, AKS/EKS/GKE, Terraform, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Expertise in managing data pipelines and cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of hybrid cloud integration, networking, security, and authorization standards (e.g., OAuth, JWT, Okta).
• Demonstrated background and knowledge in UI development (or UI integration).
• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting, monitoring, and optimizing cloud-based services in production.
• Practical experience in developing automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning and deployment validation.
• Cloud certifications beneficial (Azure preferred, AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
• Agile mindset, capable of working with changing priorities and delivering value in fast-paced environments.
• Experience integrating observability solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.

The Team You'll Be A Part Of:

The Infrastructure Engineering and Insights team is part of Synopsys Information Technology organization and is focused on the creation of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions and advanced analytics products. Our team's scope covers a vast charter from creating home grown solutions catering to our unique scale challenges in the HPC/EDA world to integrating best of breed commercial and open source solutions to building actionable insights products for business critical metrics. With a blend of innovation, expertise, and passion, our team continues to shape the future of infrastructure engineering and data analytics at Synopsys. The team operates in numerous geographical locations bringing diverse perspectives and distinct opportunities to solve for problems at scale.

Rewards and Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.

At Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.

In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request. The base salary range for this role is across the U.S.