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Gruntwork | Remote (US/Canada/Mexico/South America) | Full-time | Product Marketing Manager, Solutions Engineer, Sales Egnineer

We're on a mission to transform the way DevOps is done. The status quo for creating and managing infrastructure is still a terrible experience for most organizations, and we'd like to change that by creating a next-generation DevOps platform.

Gruntwork is globally recognized both for our open source tools (Terragrunt, Terratest, Cloud Nuke) and our thought leadership (blog.gruntwork.io, books). Now we're looking for the following Grunts:

- Senior Product Marketing Manager. Lead all marketing at Gruntwork, mostly product marketing and some demand generation.

- Senior DevOps Solutions Engineer. Lead customer success at Gruntwork. Activate our customers, and help support them.

- Senior Sales Engineer. Be the technical advisor to prospective customers as they evaluate Gruntwork.

More info: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Gruntwork


Gruntwork | Remote (US/Canada) | Full-time | Staff product engineers

We're on a mission to transform the way DevOps is done. The status quo for creating and managing infrastructure is still a terrible experience for most organizations, and we'd like to change that by creating a next-generation DevOps platform.

Gruntwork is globally recognized both for our open source tools (Terragrunt, Terratest, Cloud Nuke) and our thought leadership (blog.gruntwork.io, books). Now we're looking for staff-level product engineers to help us build out our vision.

Our stack includes Go, Python, Bash, NextJS/Node, Terraform/OpenTofu, and new tools as needed. You'll work directly with the CEO/co-founder, Head of Product, and Head of Product Design to build a great product.

More info: https://gruntwork.io/careers


OpenTF core member here. If you're comfortable opting into an ecosystem where most of the key products are offered and supported by a single vendor (in this case, Hashicorp), then yes, there are no licensing issues to worry about and basically nothing needs to change for now.

But our philosophy at OpenTF is that users would rather participate in an open ecosystem where multiple vendors compete for their business. If you're not happy with one vendor, you can easily switch to another; competition works to make all vendors better.

When we look back at this comment a year from now, I'll wonder how your company will feel about the responsiveness and new features they're getting from Terraform Cloud when the primary incentive to stay is not because you think it's the best product available, but because switching costs are so painful.


Honestly, I think when it comes to the large companies I've worked for, they care more than anything else revolves around "support". 15+ years ago the my previous company was all Sun Microsystems based, owned millions of dollars in 880s, 6800s and even an E10K. They said Linux was off limits because they couldn't blame/call anyone when they needed "support", even when Redhat was already around.

Eventually they saw the writing on the wall and moved to Linux systems and replaced all of the hardware, and have an enterprise RHEL subscription that we could call when needed.

I think the story is going to be the same with the current company, mainly "who can we blame if there is a security incident, or get me a Hashicorp person on the phone if we have some kind of Terraform related production issue." Having this in place seems to matter more than everything else honestly.


I'm not sure companies care much about support for "simple" tools like Terraform, at least the non-hosted version. Operating systems have lots of dark corners, but if your Terraform deployment isn't working then the problem is likely your code.


OpenTF core member from Gruntwork here. All great products require focus, and right now our sole focus for OpenTF is creating the best possible truly open source and community-driven successor to legacy Terraform.

I'd personally love to see an open source path forward on other products that Hashicorp re-licensed like Packer, but those will need to be a separate project and initiative.


I doubt that there will be such things. Vault for example. Its unlikely that it gets a big backer or will be a cncf project.


Presumably this: https://www.cncf.io/

Cloud Native Computing Foundation


I think Packer is a reasonable candidate for a CNCF project.


OpenTF core member here. To build on this comment, we've tried to intentionally focus on positively meeting our needs, not on negatively villifying another company for trying to meet their needs. You can see a good example of this in https://github.com/opentffoundation/manifesto/issues/165#iss....

We do not fault HashiCorp for trying to build a thriving business and we respect their amazing achievements and contributions. However, on this one issue of the Terraform license, we do not agree with their position and believe strongly in the need for a truly open source, community-driven Terraform.


Man, you guys should give a masterclass on launching open-source forks with professionalism and positivity.


Gruntwork co-founder/OpenTF core member here. Hashi went out of their way to clarify that you couldn't do this. https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#what-does-embedded-mea...


Well that does suck. I would also wonder if that's a legal battle they would win.

I've never used Spacelift, etc. so I may be off base with the comparison. But I think about them like specialized CD tools that do nice things with/for terraform. Their value is that you don't have to implement these nice integrations yourself in e.g. Jenkins.

So replace Spacelift with Jenkins. There are some community plugins that idk, facilitate reporting plan impact from code changes. Is Cloudbees now in violation of Hashicorp's license?

Regardless, good luck.


Your main pitch is on open source standardized contracts and that definitely resonates, but as a current Ironclad user where they’re our single-most expensive SaaS subscription, your contract lifecycle management system built for startups is what resonates for me.

Do you plan on offering migration services from Ironclad? That would amount to importing our workflows and repository.


I would love to have you as a customer, but I'd have to do more research on what it would take to import the workflows and repository. If you're open to talking about this, my email is jake [at] commonpaper.com


How much does iron clad cost, what's the 80-20 of its use for you?


Gruntwork | Principal Product Manager | 100% Remote/US time zones | Full-time | https://gruntwork.io/careers#principal-product-manager

We package DevOps and AWS best practices to make them available for easy use by DevOps teams. Ultimately, we enable our customers to launch and manage production-grade cloud infrastructure in days, not months, all backed by IaC the customer controls.

Tech stack: Go, Typescript, React/Next, Bash, Python, AWS, K8s, Terraform. We’re a small team (~20 people), but our clients include Toyota, Adobe, TicketMaster, Verizon, and lots of startups.

We are profitable, self-funded (no investors, no debt), pay salaries, equity, and bonuses according to transparent formulas, and are very focused on building a company we're proud of. We are 100% remote, with 2/3 of our team in the USA and 1/3 in Europe. We have company-wide in-person meetups every few months. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We're looking for a principal product manager to serve as the lead on 3 key Gruntwork products: - Gruntwork Library - Gruntwork Pipelines - Gruntwork Reference Architecture


Gruntwork | Software Engineers (Principal, Staff) | 100% Remote/US time zones | Full-time | https://gruntwork.io/careers

We aim to improve humanity's most important invention: Software. Our product packages DevOps and AWS best practices and makes them available for easy use by devs. Ultimately, we enable teams to launch and manage production-grade cloud infrastructure in days, not months, all backed by IaC the customer controls.

Tech stack: Go, Typescript, React/Next, Bash, Python, AWS, K8s, Terraform. We’re a small team (~20 people), but our clients include Toyota, Adobe, TicketMaster, Verizon, and lots of startups.

We are profitable, self-funded (no investors, no debt), pay salaries, equity, and bonuses according to transparent formulas, and are very focused on building a company we're proud of. We are 100% remote, with 2/3 of our team in the USA and 1/3 in Europe. We have company-wide in-person meetups every few months. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We're looking for principal-level engineers to help us execute on an ambitious set of next-generation products.

- Principal Software Engineer

- Staff Software Engineer


Gruntwork | Software Engineers (Principal, Staff) | 100% Remote/US time zones | Full-time | https://gruntwork.io/

We aim to improve humanity's most important invention: Software. Our product packages DevOps and AWS best practices and makes them available for easy use by devs. Ultimately, we enable teams to launch and manage production-grade cloud infrastructure in days, not months, all backed by IaC the customer controls.

Tech stack: Go, Typescript, React/Next, Bash, Python, AWS, K8s, Terraform. We’re a small team (~20 people), but our clients include Toyota, Adobe, TicketMaster, Verizon, and lots of startups.

We are profitable, self-funded (no investors, no debt), pay salaries, equity, and bonuses according to transparent formulas, and are very focused on building a company we're proud of. We are 100% remote, with 2/3 of our team in the USA and 1/3 in Europe. We have company-wide in-person meetups every few months. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We're looking for principal-level engineers to help us execute on an ambitious set of next-generation products.

- Principal Software Engineer

- Staff Software Engineer

Learn more at https://gruntwork.io/careers/


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