Senior Systems Engineer

Summary

Join Spreedly as a Senior Systems Engineer and lead ambitious projects, drive deep architectural discussions and decisions, and mentor other team members within the engineering organization.

Requirements

• Experience building, operating, and scaling systems on AWS with a focus on EC2 and EKS
• Experience with DevOps and/or GitOps and an understanding of CI/CD methods
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (we use Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Nomad, etc)
• A solid understanding of Amazon Linux and Ubuntu distributions and their ecosystems
• Experience with databases (CockroachDB, Postgres) and middleware infrastructure (Kafka)
• A desire to instrument everything using platforms like Datadog, Sentry, and Sumo Logic
• Experience with containers and container orchestration (Nomad, Docker etc)
• The ability to deliver solutions in support of applications written in Ruby on Rails and Elixir
• Some programming proficiency in Python or Go
• A desire to mentor other engineers and foster a collaborative environment to improve our software development processes
• A willingness to be a generalist and dig into new things you've never done before
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale the infrastructure that will power a globally distributed payments orchestration service, responsible for processing $4B in payments each month
• Infuse your knowledge of modern DevOps and SRE best practices into the team and broader engineering organization
• Provide leadership and mentorship to team members
• Balance improving existing infrastructure with building for the future
• Become an expert in Spreedly infrastructure
• Maintain existing EC2 server instance deployments
• Containerize new and existing Spreedly applications
• Support PCI compliance by providing documentation such as network and systems diagrams
• Assist with the build-out of a container orchestration platform, to support a globally distributed system
• Use Terraform and/or Ansible to support Spreedly’s mission of delivering infrastructure-as-code
• Troubleshoot and fix system issues as they arise
• Participate in a weekly on-call rotation to support 24/7 API operations

Benefits

• Competitive salary + Equity
• Group Life Insurance and Disability Coverage
• Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage
• Pension contribution
• Open Paid Time Off policy
• Monthly home working/digital lifestyle stipend, new MacBook, and one-time accessory reimbursement
• Free LinkedIn Learning subscription
• Access to company-paid professional coaching service
• Visits to HQ in Durham, North Carolina for remote employees