
Systems Development Engineer
Job Description
Key job responsibilities
• Design and develop new tools to solve emerging problems.
• Maintain and improve existing self-service issue resolution tooling.
• Continuously identify the areas for improvement of self-service by evaluating ticket metrics and logs.
• Collaborate with Technical Program Managers and development team members to troubleshoot complex features.
• Coordinate root cause analysis and defect resolution with the team and key stakeholders.
• Identify search service changes and make independent decisions based on the available information.
• Follow standard operational procedures (SOPs) to resolve emergent issues and escalate to internal search teams. Ensure all issues are properly documented and closed.
• Create knowledge-based articles and SOPs to provide related training to various team members.
You will independently provide support for search-related issues, deliver high-quality work, leverage our customers' voice to understand their pain points, and help drive fixes. You will learn about how
- Knowledge of and proficiency in the use of Python scripting language
- 3+ years of contributing to automation for new and current system experience
- Experience writing scripts and automating processes with an understanding of the complete deployment life cycle from design, build, test, deploy
- Knowledge of software development practices and data center/infrastructure/networking technologies
- Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or Bachelor's degree
- Experience using Linux, demonstrating proficiency with associated tools or languages
- Experience working within the software development or Internet industries is highly desired
- Experience as a technical specialist in customer-facing roles
- Knowledge of search algorithms and technologies
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