Magic is hiring a
Staff Cloud Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Staff Cloud Engineer at Magic, a fast-growing company specializing in web3 onboarding. The role involves managing and expanding container orchestration platforms, designing CI/CD pipelines, architecting API solutions, improving monitoring and alerting systems, collaborating with security teams, mentoring junior DevOps team members, and participating in incident response. The position offers a competitive salary, stock options, unlimited paid time off, health insurance, 401(k) program, top-tier equipment, home office budget, annual team meetups, and remote work.

Requirements

• 8+ years of Cloud Engineering experience (DevOps/SRE) designing production systems in public cloud environments (AWS [preferred], GCP, or Azure)
• Excellent Incident Management skills to navigate and lead incidents adeptly to ensure platform uptime
• Strong experience with programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, and TypeScript
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

• Manage and expand container orchestration platforms to support customer platform in Kubernetes (EKS), ECS and Lambda
• Design and build CI/CD pipelines with a promotion based model (GitHub Actions)
• Leverage experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as CDK, Terraform, and Pulumi to manage infrastructure with CI/CD
• Architect and design with teams across the org to build robust and scalable API solutions in AWS that meet both current and future needs
• Own the architecture and development of system components to improve monitoring, alerting and stability with compliance and security in mind (Datadog and Pagerduty)
• Utilize expert knowledge of WAF and Zero-Trust solutions including AWS WAF and Cloudflare to keep our products safe and secure
• Collaborate with security teams to implement and maintain robust security measures, including vulnerability assessments and risk management
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior DevOps team members, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing
• Leverage performance and load test tooling to identify and address performance bottlenecks and optimize backend services for efficiency and speed
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response to ensure 24/7 system availability

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or related certifications
• Experience managing Web3/Crypto infrastructure
• Previous experience in a startup environment
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and RESTful API design

Benefits

• Fully remote team and flexible working hours
• Competitive salary and stock options
• Unlimited paid time off
• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• 401(k) program
• Top of the line equipment
• $300 monthly budget for home office needs and professional development
• Annual team meetups