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CIQ builds enterprise infrastructure powering the world's most demanding workloads, from operating systems through AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, and cloud-native orchestration. The company is the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux and developer of RLC Pro Enterprise Linux distributions, Fuzzball workload orchestration, Warewulf Pro cluster provisioning, and Ascender Pro automation. Customers include major enterprises, government agencies, and research institutions working across HPC, AI/ML, defense, and regulated industries.
As a Senior Application Engineer, you will serve as a key contributor to the development and expansion of Ascender Pro and other internal application projects. You will take ownership of engineering work across both frontend and backend systems, building and shipping features at high velocity. The role is approximately 50/50 frontend and backend, with emphasis on backend proficiency.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, develop, and maintain application features using Python (backend) and React/TypeScript (frontend)
- Contribute to additional projects built in Go as needed
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools effectively while maintaining judgment to validate and correct AI-generated output
- Collaborate closely with the existing engineering team to ship production-quality code quickly
- Participate in architecture decisions and help define best practices for the application stack
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues across the full stack
- Support other internal engineering initiatives as bandwidth allows
Requirements:
- 6-8+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency in Python for backend development
- Solid hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and NPM
- Experience with or willingness to work in Go
- Demonstrated ability to work at a fast pace and power through high volumes of work
- Practical experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot) with critical thinking to know when AI output is valid and when it is not
- Comfort working across the full stack with emphasis on backend systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and self-directed work ethic
- Proven track record building and shipping production applications in Python and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
- Friendly, collaborative, humble, and honest attitude with commitment to continuous improvement
Plus factors:
- Experience with Go
- Familiarity with Ascender, AWX, or Ansible automation platforms
- Experience with event-driven architectures, infrastructure automation, or DevOps tooling
