We are looking for a well-versed, passionate platform architect, who wants to play a key role in architecting and building a highly available, reliable and scalable platform which is a foundation for all VGS applications. This position will directly report to the Head of Platform Engineering. 

We’re seeking individuals with an equal flair for creative problem solving, enthusiasm for new technologies, and desire to contribute to our product. You will likely be successful in this role if you identify with the following traits: attention to detail, problem solver, customer oriented, versatile, resilient and confident. If all of this sounds interesting to you, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will be doing at Very Good Security

• Collaborate and communicate with Platform Engineering teams to design, develop, and champion best-practices, patterns and standards. 
• Work closely with our CTO and other architects to create holistic technology solutions for our customers. This requires an equal part collaboration with the product management and engineering management.
• Produce clear, detailed and actionable design documents, architecture blueprints, architectural decisions with context, decision and tradeoffs.
• Be involved in hands-on development of proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and real production-ready code.
• Mentor engineers on architecture best practices and standards.
• Engage in all phases of the software lifecycle- design, implement, test, deploy, and support services in production.
• Maintain a culture of code quality through rigorous testing,  automation, and code reviews.
• Be proactive and innovative- we rely on your feedback to build a world-class product.
• Be a part of a team that believes in the core values of transparency, collaboration, grit, and humility; in going above and beyond what is required in order to do the right thing for our customers and the company; and in having fun while doing all this!

What we are looking for from you (Requirements)

• 12+ years experience in software architecture, design and development in a Cloud SaaS environment.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices, Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK), CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, Authentication and Authorization,  APIs and API Gateway, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Kafka (MSK), Java, Spring Framework, Python,  and AWS services.
• Strong experience in Observability solutions using Grafana, Honeycomb, Prometheus, DataDog and Open Telemetry.
• Strong experience in Data Pipeline, Event Bus, ETL (Glue, Matillion), Data Warehouse (AWS Redshift), and Visualization (Periscope, Redash).
• Hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE,  Configuration Management, and Release Management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

What’s unique about VGS

• We’re a quickly scaling company with a startup mindset.
• We love to empower our people to take ownership! You’ll find you are given the freedom and will own the responsibility to be successful here. 
• We’re creating a remote-first philosophy. You’ll have a strong impact on a new cultural shift within the company.

What you get from us

• Flexible work hours and flexible PTO
• Competitive health benefits
• VGS stock options
• 401k plan, with employer matching 4% and immediate vesting of employer match  (available  only for US employees)
• Life & disability insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts, dependent and healthcare FSA (available  only for US employees)
• Global parental leave program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Home Internet reimbursement 
• New hire home office set up allowance
• Professional learning reimbursement

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $185,000 - $220,000 per year. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.