Dojo/Forward Deployed Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Guide engineering teams through continuous improvement journeys involving people, processes, and technology.

• Conduct immersive, in-person Dojo sessions where teams enhance their delivery practices via hands-on coaching.

• Serve as a Forward Deployed Engineer aligned with a Director’s domain while maintaining close connections with teams between Dojos.

• Utilize delivery metrics, pipelines, usage signals, and direct observations to evaluate team needs.

• Suggest team-wide Dojos or specific targeted engagements for improvement.

• Develop documentation and training resources for both in-person and self-paced learning opportunities.

• Offer data-driven insights to foster continuous enhancement.

• Collaborate across various domains to create an outstanding engineering experience.

• Facilitate Communities of Practice and develop relevant content for presentation.

• Establish psychologically safe environments for learning.

• Lead charter workshops, AI Uplift sessions, Game Days, and leadership Dojos.

• Collaborate with engineering managers and tech leads to set expectations and promote ownership transfer.

• Generate engagement reports detailing goals, outcomes, sustainable value, and successes.

• Employ AI tools for research, data gathering, and planning while overseeing engagement assessment and design.

• Travel as necessary based on team locations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in building production applications or components using one or more programming languages, including Java, Kotlin, Node.JS, and Python.

• Familiarity with working in a public cloud environment encompassing various services and technologies, such as Kubernetes, application services, databases, and networking.

• Experience in creating testing capabilities that operate during the CI process, including TDD/unit testing, and conveying their advantages.

• Knowledge of integration methods like APIs or data streams.

• Experience in applying or coaching lean, agile, and DevOps principles to enhance value flow.

• Understanding of rapid feedback loops utilizing DevOps patterns and incorporating feedback into workflows.

• Experience and insight in IT disciplines including software, quality, security, and hardware.

• Background in mentoring engineers or coaching teams to modify delivery practices, especially in leading groups through ambiguous and change-intensive scenarios.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans available from day one.

• Six complimentary licensed therapist sessions each year.

• Eighteen paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees.

• Six company-recognized holidays each year.

• Six percent company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, with no employee contribution required.

• Employee discounts available.

• Tuition reimbursement offered.

• Student loan refinancing assistance.

• Access to free financial counseling, education, and resources.

• Maternity support programs provided.

• Nursing benefits available.

• Up to fourteen weeks of paid leave for birth parents.

• Up to four weeks of paid leave for non-birth parents.

• Flexible remote work arrangements.

• Opportunities for in-person Dojos with potential travel not exceeding 25% (or 75% if remote travel).