Senior Software Developer

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>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!</p></div><p> </p> <p>We work in a <strong>hybrid mode 3+2</strong>, with a minimum of 3 days at the office (with mandatory Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and a maximum of 2 days at the home office.</p> <p>The location of our <a href="https://en.mapy.cz/turisticka?x=14.4063000y=50.1113000z=11" target="_blank"><strong>office</strong> </a>is <em>Holandská 873/6, Brno – Štýřice, 639 00</em>.</p> <p>We employ only via an employment contract – full-time employment<strong> </strong>(HPP).</p> <p> </p> <p>We are looking for a highly independent and proactive Senior Software Engineer to be the dedicated developer for the Technical Content team. You will play a crucial role in improving the efficiency, quality, and delivery of our customer documentation by building custom tools, automating workflows, and maintaining the documentation website infrastructure. You will be the sole developer on our team, collaborating closely with other development and infrastructure teams across the company to ensure our technologies and processes are always aligned.</p> <p>The Technical Content team operates globally, following a flexible hybrid schedule that balances team collaboration with dedicated work time.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and Build Custom Solutions: Act as the lead developer to design, build, and maintain scripts, web applications, and tools using PHP, Python, React/Next JS, and PowerShell that automate the Technical Content team’s processes, enhance consistency, and improve content quality.</li> <li>Source Control and Project Management: Expertly manage code repositories, handle complex merges, and ensure best practices for code quality and branching strategies using Git/GitHub. Efficiently manage and track all development tasks and projects using Jira.</li> <li>Cross-Team Alignment: Proactively engage and work closely with UI, web development, and infrastructure teams to coordinate and implement improvements for the documentation sites and content delivery systems. Champion the Technical Content team's needs, ensuring seamless collaboration and technological alignment.</li> <li>System Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Provide tier-one support and general troubleshooting for the team’s documentation tools, build processes, and content systems. Rapidly develop and deploy quick, ad-hoc scripts (e.g., for content migration, data extraction, and process automation) to solve immediate problems and support urgent team needs.</li> <li>Optimize Workflow: Actively assess and evaluate existing team processes and workflows to identify and propose technical solutions that enhance content creation, deployment efficiency, and overall effectiveness.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Your Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Senior-level proficiency with core languages essential to our stack, including PHP, Python, React/Next JS (or equivalent modern JavaScript frameworks), and PowerShell.</li> <li>Demonstrated expertise in the developer toolkit, specifically GitHub (branching, pull requests, code review) and Jira (task management, project tracking, ... (truncated, view full listing at source)