Staff Systems Engineer @ EasyPost

Founded in 2012, EasyPost is a YC unicorn whose mission is to make shipping simple for businesses, from garage startups to the Fortune 500. Shipping, now more than ever, is the backbone of the global economy, but integrating the technology-enabled operations of a modern business with the low-tech and complex shipping industry has always been a challenge. EasyPost solves this problem with the first developer-friendly REST API for shipping, and we continue to push boundaries and discover new ways to simplify shipping for all. Our team is rapidly growing, and this is the perfect time to get on board. Join us, and help build the shipping infrastructure of the future.

Position Summary:

As a Staff Systems Engineer, you will play a lead role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our infrastructure and core services in both conventional on-premise environments and within Public Cloud platforms. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will automate processes, optimize system performance, and ensure the scalability and reliability of our applications. The ideal candidate holds a strategic mindset, technical expertise, and a proactive approach that will drive efficiency and innovation across our organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

o Design, implement, and manage complex infrastructure and application services that ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.

o Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers.

o Implement automated solutions for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment using industry-leading tools and best practices.

o Utilize Python programming skills to develop and maintain customized tools and scripts for monitoring, logging, and workflow automation.

o Drive opportunities for shifting from proprietary to industry standard tools.

o Design patterns for self-service consumption of infrastructure by Engineering.

o Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes to ensure the reliability and availability of our systems and services.

o Mentor the team on change management and incident response.

o Conduct post mortems and implement improvements to prevent recurrence.

o Optimize service performance through capacity planning, resource utilization analysis, and infrastructure tuning.

o Work with colleagues to ensure the integrity, availability, and security of our infrastructure and services, both on-prem and in the Cloud.

o Stay current on industry regulations and standards, ensuring compliance with data protection and privacy laws.

o Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive alignment on best practices and standards for infrastructure and operations.

o Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure and service configurations, processes, and procedures.

Minimum Education & Experience Qualifications:

o Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

o 12+ years of related experience, master’s degree and 8+ years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.

o Strong proficiency in coding and scripting languages, with a focus on Python.

o Deep understanding of DevOps & SRE principles, practices, and methodologies.

o Proven experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP (IBM a plus).

o Proficiency in IaC tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.

o Proficiency with automation tools like Ansible and Puppet.

o Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.

o Experience with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes.

o Experience with host-based traffic management services (haproxy, nginx).

o Experience with event streaming platforms such as kafka.

o Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

o Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

What We Offer:

o Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

o Competitive compensation package and equity

o 401(k) match

o Monthly work from home stipend of $50 net

o Flexible work schedule and paid time off

o Collaborative culture with a supportive team

o A great place to work with unlimited growth opportunities

o The opportunity to make massive contributions at a hyper-growth company

o Make an impact on a product helping ship millions of packages per day

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"EasyPost is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law."

To be considered for this position, you must be authorized and based in the United States.

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