Lead Engineer, Ruby Platform (REMOTE)

Cisco Meraki, a division of Cisco Networking, is a cloud-managed IT company and leader in cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security. Our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we’ve created an unrivaled company culture for our employees. One where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences shape our work and fuel our evolution. One that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that’s accessible and secure for everyone

Join our inclusive and diverse team at Meraki, where we are revolutionizing IT. Our teams create web applications that handle millions of network devices from the cloud, making us a key player in maintaining the IT infrastructure that serves millions every day.

Our Dashboard teams at Meraki are dynamic, adaptable, and cooperative. We strive to strike a unique balance between the rich features and simplicity of our products. We oversee the development of tools used by our customers worldwide to configure and monitor network devices. Our engineers, well-versed in a wide array of Computer Science concepts, excel in versatility, working across diverse languages, platforms, and all levels of the Meraki stack with enthusiasm.

As a Technical Lead Engineer on the Ruby Platform team at Meraki, you'll collaborate with other engineers and DevOps teams to design, plan, build, maintain, and enhance our CI/CD pipelines for our Ruby on Rails application. Our team's goal is to create an extraordinarily agile Dashboard development experience. Our mission is to deliver a secure, up-to-date, server-side platform for Dashboard development, enabling other engineering teams to concentrate on customer-focused innovation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Being the bridge between the Ruby on Rails application and CI/CD pipelines.
• Architecting, configuring, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for a large-scale Ruby on Rails application.
• Collaborating with SRE and cross-functional teams to integrate multiple systems and ensure seamless operation.
• Working closely with security teams to ensure Meraki remains secure and compliant.
• Leading high-impact technology projects and resolving complex scale-related issues.
• Sharing knowledge and promoting engineering best practices.
• Making significant contributions to critically important business needs, even under high time pressure.
• Solving extraordinarily complex problems that involve multiple components and require consensus from several teams.
• Navigating unfamiliar technical areas and making consistent progress.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues related to system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Applying understanding of the industry to design high-quality solutions and achieve the team's objectives.
• Staying updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to drive innovation within the team.

We welcome candidates with:

• 7+ years of professional experience in DevOps and CI/CD pipeline management.
• 3+ years of professional experience working with Ruby on Rails applications.
• Deep understanding of DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipeline management.
• High proficiency with platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, and CircleCI.
• Proven experience in managing and integrating multiple complex systems.
• Passion for improving the developer experience.
• Ability to thrive on a small engineering team and solve open-ended problems.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Interest in career advancement. We value leadership, whether as a strong individual contributor or a tech lead.

We encourage individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply as we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Bonus points for any of the following:

• Experience or interest in networking
• Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. web applications).

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.