Contribute to our collection of highly-scalable services
Use your background to understand and improve existing services under the supervision of existing team members
Analyze the cost models of our services and suggest areas of and strategies for new operational efficiencies
Lead the development of new services such as a k8s operator to control a service’s lifecycle or a cloud storage caching layer
Play a key role in technology evaluations and architecture evolution discussions
Harden and productize internally or externally developed libraries and services
Work with our infrastructure and application engineers to re-evaluate the relationship between our backend services and our user-facing application, and drive improvements of scalability

Requirements

Proficiency with k8s and Go, including a strong understanding of garbage collection and profiling
Familiarity with our tech stack (or equivalents): GCP/GKE, Linux, Docker, Ruby/Rails, Redis, ffmpeg
Experience in a SaaS or PaaS environment at our scale
Curiosity-driven and pragmatic with a focus on delivering results
A generalist mindset with the ability to dive deep into a wide range of challenges
Resilience, attention to detail, and an ability to grind through complex problems
Openness to disagreement and commitment to decisions once made
Strong collaborative skills, with the ability to explain complex insights in an accessible manner to both technical and non-technical audiences
Independence in managing one’s workload and priorities

Benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

k8sGogarbage collectionprofilingDockerRubyRailsRedisffmpegSaaS

Soft Skills

curiosity-drivenpragmaticresilienceattention to detailproblem-solvingcollaborativecommunicationindependenceadaptabilitydecision-making