AI Coder Systems & Automation Programmer (Linux/Networking)

Job Type:
Full-time • In-Office Only (No Remote)

Compensation:

• Base Salary: $95,000 – $130,000
• Annual Profit-Share Bonus: typically 20–25% of base
• Total Target Compensation: ~$120,000 – $170,000
• Full benefits (50% health, dental, vision for employee and dependents, 401k w/ match, PTO)
• Future potential for earning shares of Software Dev spin off company.

About Us

Succeed.Net is one of Northern California’s leading fixed-wireless and fiber ISPs with industry-leading reliability, automation, and customer service. We’re expanding our internal engineering team to build the next generation of AI-powered ISP automation software — provisioning, monitoring, LOS/LIDAR analysis, customer workflows, and much more.

Our internal systems are stable and mature. We need someone who can both:

• maintain our small cluster of Linux servers and ISP services, and
• spend the majority of their time building powerful automation and internal software.

This is an in-office role where you’ll work directly with the CEO and a senior engineer.

Position Summary

We’re hiring an AI-Accelerated Systems & Automation Engineer to:

✔ Spend ~75–80% of your time building internal automation & software, and

✔ Spend ~20–25% of your time maintaining our ISP Linux servers and services

The server admin portion is not intense — our systems are well-managed and currently maintained part-time in roughly 8–12 hours/week. But we want this role in-house, reliable, and integrated with our engineering team.

Responsibilities Breakdown

Automation & Internal Software Development (~75–80%)

• Build tools that automate ISP workflows: provisioning, onboarding, network monitoring, outage systems, customer flows, etc.
• Integrate APIs from routers, radios, billing systems, mapping tools, and network systems.
• Develop and implement automation solutions utilizing languages such as Python, C++, Java, and scripting tools like Bash and Shell Scripting.
• Implement continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, Git, Docker, and other DevOps tools to streamline development workflows.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, threat intelligence analysis, system hardening, and security management to safeguard infrastructure against cyber threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable solutions leveraging NoSQL databases (MongoDB), SQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQ), and data integration tools like ETL processes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in quantum engineering, information security, SDLC practices (Agile), and system architecture trends.
• Develop modules in our AI-augmented automation platform.
• Use AI coding tools (Codex, Claude, Cursor etc.) to dramatically accelerate coding speed.
• Work daily with our senior engineer and CEO. You will be important part of small impactful team.
• Ship features fast — days or weeks, not months.
• Help architect the commercial version of our software platform (to sell to other ISPs).

Linux / ISP Systems Administration (~20–25%)

Our servers are stable and low-maintenance. Your job is to own them without letting them consume your time.

You will:

• Maintain ~20-30 production Linux servers (email, DNS, web hosting, billing, automation).
• Manage Linux-based systems including system hardening, system administration, virtualization (VMware, ESXi), and cloud deployment on AWS and Azure.
• Support system design efforts for high availability and load balancing using technologies such as VMware vSphere and Kubernetes clusters.
• Apply updates, patches, and security hardening.
• Manage basic LAMP/LEMP stacks, mail services, DNS, SSL certs, backups, and logs.
• Monitor uptime and ensure reliability.
• Handle occasional emergency issues (rare, but critical when they happen).
• Improve scripts, tooling, and reliability for these systems.
• Document processes and automate routine tasks.
• Virtualization (VMware VSphere ) and UNIX Docker

This portion is predictable and lightweight — think 8–12 hrs/week on average, less when things are smooth.

What We’re Looking For

Required

• Strong Linux/Unix administration background
• Strong networking knowledge (VLANs, routing, DNS, IP addressing)
• Programming experience (Python strongly preferred; Bash/Go a plus)
• Comfort maintaining production services (email, DNS, web hosting, simple databases)
• Troubleshooting mindset
• Ability to work in-office
• Good communication & reliability
• Experience or interest in AI-assisted coding

Nice to Have

• ISP experience (fixed wireless or fiber)
• Familiarity with MagicMail, cPanel, UISP, postfix/dovecot, etc.
• Knowledge of Ubiquiti, MikroTik, Cambium, or similar WISP platforms
• Experience Monitoring/alerting systems
• Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience with Django, FastAPI, or similar backends

Why Join Us

• High-impact role: Your code and decisions directly shape how our ISP operates
• Work with elite engineers: Our current team ships 10–20× faster than typical devs
• AI-accelerated workflow: We aggressively leverage LLM coding
• Strong annual profit sharing (20–25%)
• Stable, profitable, long-established ISP
• Zero bureaucracy, high ownership, fast iteration cycles
• Build a software product that may roll out nationwide to other ISPs

Location

Roseville, CA — In Office Only
(We are specifically hiring local candidates.)

How to Apply

Please submit:

• Resume
• Short example of a project you automated or a system you maintained
• Optional links (GitHub, code samples, project examples)

Pay: $100,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person