Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Join Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding computer science education, as an Infrastructure Engineer. You will be part of a team building and maintaining software used by millions of students and teachers globally. This role involves writing code, configuring systems, and working collaboratively to ensure smooth operation and scalability of our platform. You will contribute to a supportive and inclusive team culture while tackling exciting technical challenges. The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical foundation in cloud engineering, application security, and web application server engineering, along with experience in database administration and site reliability. Code.org offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Pass a pre-employment background check
• Be willing to travel a minimum of two times per year for team events
• Cloud Engineering: Proficient in AWS configuration and infrastructure management, with hands-on experience in CloudFormation, Chef, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployment and operational workflow
• Application & Infrastructure Security: Familiar with risk assessment and safeguarding web applications and cloud infrastructure, with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities
• Web Application Server Engineering: Familiarity with Unix environments, Docker containers, configuration management tools like Chef, content delivery networks, and basic principles of web session and cookie management all from the perspective of optimizing web server performance
• Database Administration and Storage Systems: Experience with AWS RDS Aurora MySQL, S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, and data visualization tools. A strong understanding of database management and storage solutions to support scalable web applications
• Site Reliability / Production Engineering: Expertise supporting a high-traffic system, including incident management, monitoring/alerting systems, and tweaking performance to ensure high availability and reliability
• Backend Platform Engineering: Familiarity writing code in Ruby on Rails or similar MVC frameworks, with an understanding of backend architecture, focusing on building robust, scalable platforms
• UI Test Automation: Experience with tools like Selenium and SauceLabs, emphasizing the importance of quality assurance and efficient testing strategies

Responsibilities

• Write code and configure the systems that support the building, monitoring, scaling, testing, securing, and deployment of our product
• Own projects and build features end to end, and work on exciting technical challenges
• Work with your team, other engineers, product managers, and staff across the organization to build and support accessible and efficient systems
• Ship software regularly while maintaining excellent live site availability
• Contribute to an inclusive, growth-focused, and collaborative team culture!

Preferred Qualifications

We welcome expertise in analogous stacks

Benefits

• Technology subsidy consistent with our Bring Your Own Device environment
• Flexible, engaging, and remote working environment
• Paid time off: 3 weeks vacation annually, sick leave, and 'winter break' office closure the two weeks that include Christmas and New Years
• Medical, dental and vision premiums paid at 100% for FT positions and their dependents
• Option to participate in 403b retirement plan
• Annual professional development stipend
• The opportunity to help students learn better and change the face of computer science
• A unifying approach in a divided world