Settle is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Settle as an early member of the team and contribute to shaping and building their infrastructure, developer experience, observability, and security. As a cloud engineer, you'll lead optimization efforts for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) usage, ensure reliability, scalability, and security of cloud-based services, develop CI/CD pipelines, manage Kubernetes, and improve monitoring and observability framework.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience in cloud infra, platform engineering, SRE, or related
• 3+ years of expertise with cloud infrastructure, especially GCP and Kubernetes
• 2+ years with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Helm and Terraform
• 1+ years of experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD
• 1+ years of database management knowledge, ideally with Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
• Strong understanding of monitoring and observability principles, with experience using tools such as Datadog and Prometheus
• Proficient in streamlining development workflows with a keen interest in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and platform engineering
• Demonstrated ability to be resourceful and excel in dynamic, rapidly evolving environments
• Enthusiastic about taking on broad responsibilities and addressing challenges across infrastructure, DevOps, security, and more

Responsibilities

• Lead optimization efforts for our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) usage, focusing on performance, dev tooling, and cost efficiency
• Dedicate a significant portion of your time ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our cloud-based services
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and workflows using CircleCI, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD to enhance our development team’s efficiency
• Manage and deploy Kubernetes, including utilizing Helm charts and Terraform for our GKE-based infrastructure maintenance
• Contribute to database management and optimization with Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
• Improve our monitoring and observability framework with tools like Datadog for high availability and performance
• Implement SRE principles to improve reliability, incident response, and automation
• Collaborate closely with development teams to architect and implement scalable platforms, facilitating continuous delivery and improving developer experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Observability experience (e.g. Datadog)
• SRE and incident response experience and opinions
• Compliance/Security experience (e.g. SOC2, PCI, vendor security questionnaires)
• Scripting capabilities (and source control)
• Fintech and/or startup experience

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible and remote work culture
• Competitive compensation and equity
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Lunch & commute reimbursement when working in the NYC office located near Union Square
• $500 home office set up reimbursement
• $2500 annual growth and development stipend
• $50 monthly food delivery gift card
• 401k
• Brex company card
• HSA/FSA
• WeWork membership
• ERG groups e.g. LGBTQIA+, Women @ Settle, and more!
• Employee Referral Program
• Team building events