Gigster
Senior DevOps Engineer
As a Sr. DevOps Engineer, you will join Gigster as one of the early members of the Core Engineering team. You’ll be teaming up with motivated and talented engineers, and will be treated as a true partner as we navigate exciting and uncharted business and technical challenges. You are obsessed with best practices and constantly think about standardized software deployments which can be easily managed and maintained.
We’re looking for exceptionally talented engineers who will utilize industry best practices to build and maintain infrastructure which will be used by hundreds of software deployments. You should enjoy working with distributed systems, be obsessed with resilience and performance, and possess an appetite for mapping complex deployment requirements into simple infrastructural solutions. You have tinkered with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
We’re looking for exceptionally talented and motivated individuals to help us build the world’s best software at scale for thousands of clients. You'll be teaming up with scientists, engineers, product managers, and salespeople from a diverse set of backgrounds who are challenging every assumption about software development. The founders have built apps used by 300M users, ported video games to FPGA’s, and designed silicon lasers. You must live in the Bay Area or be willing to relocate - we'll cover moving costs. All candidates subject to background check.
We’ve built software for flying cars and robotic restaurants, shopping and travel recommendation apps, lawyers, doctors, and baked goods on-demand, social networks for families and roommates, and powered everything from shipping fleets to EEG research to genetic testing. Join us as we reinvent software development.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Keep up to date with industry trends and best practices, incorporating new ideas and innovations back into Gigster’s engineering practices
• Own and operate a Kubernetes cluster which runs a wide range of workloads ranging from large ETLs to microservices for real-time chat applications
• Build real-time monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions which will be used by hundreds of heterogeneous deployments
• Ensure deployments are resilient, hardened, and compliant with industry security standards
QUALIFICATIONS
• 3+ years of experience in the software industry
• 1+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or site reliability engineering role
• Deep knowledge about cloud infrastructure, container technology, deployment automation, and management of production environments
• Ability to work collaboratively within an inclusive team from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines
ABOUT GIGSTER
Learn more about careers at Gigster here: http://gigster.com/careers
Gigster puts a world-class software development team in your pocket. Software is becoming an essential tool for every business with global IT spend reaching $2.3T, yet very few have easy access to quality, managed talent when they need custom software. Businesses built on software have thousands of times more leverage than businesses not built on software.
We are changing the way software is built through a symbiosis of man and machine. We believe that by being the best place to freelance we will attract and retain the best talent, and in turn will provide the best service. Gigster prides itself in having an extraordinary network of developers, designers, and project managers. Intelligent tools powered by data from thousands of past projects take our network to superhuman levels of efficiency. The increasing levels of standardization in tooling, and access to data about the software development process itself, make the creation of software ripe for automation and scale. This inspired us to found Gigster.
Gigster was founded in 2014. We’ve worked with startups & enterprises like IBM, World Bank, Airbus, Square, and Mastercard. Gigster has raised $32.5M from Andreessen-Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Greylock Partners, Bloomberg Beta and Felicis Ventures, and been covered in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Fortune, and Inc.
CULTURE
Here at Gigster we believe in the following:
• Continuously improve with data
• Relationships > transactions
• Deliver a wow experience
• Impact > hours
• Do it today
• Build more than you talk
• The best idea wins
• Be direct but nice
• Win through teamwork
BENEFITS & PERKS
• Full health, dental, and vision - we’ve got you covered
• Whatever equipment you need - you need the best stuff to build the best stuff
• Unlimited vacation - work hard but take time when you need it
• Team offsites - we’ve been to Tokyo, NYC, Disney World, and more
• Healthy snacks - raid the snack bar, you know you want to
• Catered meals at work - stay in & stay healthy
• Weekly game night - poker and speed chess are our favorites
• Sharp, motivated co-workers - work with the best in your field and others
• Life-changing work - solve real, hard problems you’ll want to brag about
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
At Gigster we believe that a diverse workplace means a better, more resilient, and more innovative company. We are excited to work with anyone who shares our values regardless of race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, familial pedigree, education, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status.
Gigster is the fastest and easiest way to build your custom tech. Website design, app development and custom software on demand. Visit us now.
- Employees
- 51-200 employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services
- Total raised
- $13M raised
Senior DevOps Engineer