Remote Senior Devops Engineer

Summary

Join Alpaca, a fast-growing fintech company, as a Senior DevOps Engineer to manage and develop large-scale cloud infrastructure. The team is responsible for maintaining the cloud infrastructure and supporting infrastructure layer applications. As an experienced devops engineer, you will have autonomy to design and implement solutions while actively participating in defining goals.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in a DevOps role, or in a similar field
• Strong ability to work independently , lead and deliver on large tasks, and collaborate with other members of the organization or external partners
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL replication, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production database maintenance
• Significant production experience with Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by maintaining production applications on it
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues in PostgreSQL, K8s, cloud and finding the root cause

Responsibilities

• Manage our postgreSQL database clusters - scale, fine-tune, improve stability and observability as we grow
• Manage our Kubernetes clusters, and infrastructure service components that are used by our applications - such as message brokers, monitoring, continuous delivery and others
• Manage our underlying infrastructure in Google Cloud, including external and internal network connectivity
• Take part of the rotation to watch alerts and dispatch other engineering team’s requests

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card