Cloud Platform Engineer

Summary

Join AffiniPay, a leading fintech company, as a Cloud Platform Engineer to build and maintain our next-generation platform. You will be part of the Platform Engineering Organization, responsible for software delivery and infrastructure management, focusing on the availability, performance, and security of core service layers. Collaborate with the development team to ensure they have the necessary tools and work on automating deployment, monitoring, and management of our AWS cloud-based infrastructure. You will also develop internal tooling, create and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and participate in an on-call rotation. This role requires 5+ years of professional technical experience in software engineering and 3+ years in a DevOps or SRE role. The position is preferably located in San Diego, California, with a salary range of $130,000 to $150,000.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional technical experience in software engineering, AWS cloud operations or a related function
• 3+ years of experience within a DevOps or SRE role
• Experience implementing and maintaining kubernetes specific CICD pipelines using CircleCI (preferred), ArgoCD (preferred), Jenkins, Github Actions, Gitlab, Azure Devops, etc
• Experience creating internal tooling that supports developer productivity
• Experience designing and implementing automated development environments
• Documented experience provisioning and managing infrastructure in a public cloud environment such as AWS (heavily preferred), Google Cloud Platform, or Azure
• Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker, OCI, LXC and ability to administer, build and deploy images in an automated manner
• Solid understanding of how a Kubernetes Platform operates (service discovery, deployments, monitoring, scheduling, load balancing)
• Proficiency in at least one, ideally more of the following programming or scripting languages: Ruby, Python, Java, Javascript (NodeJS), Bash
• Experience utilizing Infrastructure as Code to provision and maintain infrastructure: Terraform (preferred), CloudFormation
• Understanding of relational database systems such as MySQL (preferred) and PostgreSQL
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Responsibilities

• Automate deployment, monitoring, and management for 100% AWS cloud based infrastructure
• Develop, implement and own developer-focused internal tooling and automation as your product
• Share in new feature design as the cloud SME supporting container/k8s first designs
• Create and maintain automated CICD pipelines that streamline the release process and ensure high-quality code is delivered rapidly and continuously
• Collaborate with developers to identify pain points and bottlenecks in the development process and design and implement solutions that improve the developer experience and increase overall productivity
• Put together comprehensive onboarding programs and training resources to seamlessly integrate new developers into the organization
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide emergency support outside of normally scheduled hours as needed
• Evolve and extend observability tools and systems to determine and resolve performance and usability issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kafka on an MSK environment is a plus
• Experience with ElasticSearch is a plus

Benefits

• All employees receive fully covered medical, dental and vision coverage - Choose from our 2 available health plans based on what fits you and/or your family!
• Have some fur babies? - We offer them insurance too!
• RELAX and enjoy your time away with our flexible paid time off policy!
• We will help you plan for your future - 401K, or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match
• Competitive compensation packages that include mid-year and end-of-year bonuses and equity options for all full-time employees
• Health Wellness Program that includes nutrition consultations, mental health apps, and access to discounted memberships
• Have plans to grow your family? - Parental resources, including 16 weeks of paid time off for primary caregivers
• Professional development opportunities including mentorships, leadership programs and our AffiniPayU courses
• We believe it is important to give back with our Matching Gift Program and organized activities focused on donations, volunteerism and supporting the local communities throughout the country
• D&I initiatives provide educational opportunities regarding multicultural issues, tolerance, and celebrating diversity among our entire staff
• An incredible, in-office experience at our headquarters in Austin and San Diego including free lunch delivery, a fully stocked kitchen, and some “sweet” surprises for those afternoon pick-me-ups