Senior Software Development Engineer
Summary
Senior engineer on GoDaddy's enterprise data platform team, building AI-assisted and agentic automation, self-service data workflows, and platform modernization (Apache Iceberg) using Python and AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, Airflow). Remote within Canada, with reliability/incident-response ownership during US hours.
Location Details:
At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.
This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.
Join our team
Join a team where you can help shape the future of our enterprise data platform through automation, modernization, and AI-enabled solutions. You will have the opportunity to build reliable platform services, improve self-service experiences for data producers and consumers, and develop AI-assisted and agentic automation that reduces manual work and improves developer productivity. This is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on engineer with strong Amazon Web Services and Python skills who enjoys solving complex platform challenges at scale.
What you'll get to do...
- Build and evolve artificial intelligence-assisted and agentic automation tooling, including migration support, impact assessment, and workflows that reduce manual effort for platform and data teams
- Improve data producer and consumer experiences through self-service onboarding, platform workflows, automation, and scalable adoption patterns
- Contribute to platform modernization efforts, including Apache Iceberg adoption, reliability improvements, and operational automation
- Own platform reliability, operational support, and incident response during United States hours across Data Lake and related data platform services
- Drive proactive root-cause analysis, after-action reviews, and implementation of durable fixes that improve long-term platform stability
- Partner with engineering teams across United States and India time zones to maintain continuity, unblock users, and improve platform outcomes
Your experience should include...
- 7+ years of software engineering or data platform engineering experience, including experience building scalable data platforms, platform tooling, or developer-facing systems
- 5+ years of professional experience with Python, including experience building application programming interfaces, automation, platform tooling, and operational workflows, with the ability to troubleshoot distributed data systems
- Production experience building artificial intelligence-assisted or agentic automation workflows for analytics, migration support, impact assessment, or platform enablement
- Modular architectures and reusable platform patterns, including frameworks, plugins, marketplaces, or other approaches that support automation at scale
- Large-scale data platforms, including self-service workflows, developer-facing tooling, and real-time and batch data patterns
- Amazon Web Services technologies, including Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, AWS Lake Formation, Amazon Redshift, Amazon API Gateway, and orchestration platforms such as Apache Airflow
You might also have...
- Experience with data governance, access management, lakehouse architectures, or Apache Iceberg
- Experience designing AI-enabled data platform capabilities that improve data discovery, analytics workflows, or engineering productivity
We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.
About us... GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.
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Compensation & Benefits
What We Offer:
Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, parental leave, healthcare, retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.
This role may be eligible to participate in GoDaddy's equity plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, critical illness, AD&D, health care spending account, employee assistance program, paid sick time, paid personal time, paid parental leave, remote work options, paid holidays, paid Wellness days, employee stock purchase plan; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy's benefit plans and applicable law.
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.
Please note:
- AI will not be used to screen, assess or select applicants other than as set out in the details in the application below.
- This job posting relates to an existing vacancy.
Compensation
In addition to the salary range below, the role may be eligible to participate in a discretionary cash bonus scheme that pays 15% of base salary based on individual and company performance.
Skills
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Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Location
Short answers (4)
- If you are a former employee, please indicate your GoDaddy work email address (if you remember). optional
- If you selected "Employee Referral", please list the referring employee's name. optional
- LinkedIn profile (if you do not have one or if you prefer not to provide one, enter N/A):
- Github or similar portfolio link (if you do not have one or if you prefer not to provide one, enter N/A):
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- GoDaddy Employment History:
- Do you have the legal right to perform this role in the country in which you are applying?
- Is your right to work based (either now or in the future) on obtaining a visa, work permit or equivalent?
- Are you related to, or have you had (now or previously) a close personal or business relationship with, any current GoDaddy employees? Relevant business relationships include joint business ownership, shared investments or other financial interests.
- Have you ever previously interviewed with GoDaddy or any of its subsidiaries (123-Reg, Freedom Voice, HEG, Media Temple, Main Street Hub, Sellbrite, Sucuri, etc.)?
- Have you been introduced to GoDaddy or any of its subsidiaries by a recruitment agency within the last 12 months?
- Have you ever been offered employment with GoDaddy or any of its subsidiaries (123-Reg, Freedom Voice, HEG, Media Temple, Main Street Hub, Sellbrite, Sucuri, etc.)
- How did you hear about us?
- In addition to email communications, GoDaddy utilizes a SMS/WhatsApp texting tool to send quick updates and communicate with you throughout our candidate processes. GoDaddy Executives do not contact candidates or employees by SMS or WhatsApp. Per GoDaddy policy, we will never text you a link to click. Please indicate below if you wish to receive SMS/WhatsApp messages from GoDaddy. Standard messaging and data rates may apply.
- By submitting your application: (i) you confirm that the information you provide is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge and you will inform us immediately if you subsequently become aware of any errors or inaccuracies; (ii) you acknowledge you are applying for a role with a company within the GoDaddy group, details of which will be provided at a later stage of the recruitment process if applicable; and (iii) you confirm you have read and understood the terms of our privacy policy (https://www.godaddy.com/legal/agreements/privacy-policy?isc=gdbb3376d). If you have questions regarding the application process or experience technical issues, please email myrecruiter@godaddy.com. If you have questions about our privacy practices, please email privacy@godaddy.com.
Written answers (3)
- If you answered "yes" to the above, please provide details. optional
- If yes, what is the name of the employee(s) and the nature of the relationship (e.g. spouse, sibling, business partnership, etc.) optional
- What is the soonest you would be able to start?