Devops Engineer @ Super | Simplify Jobs

Devops Engineer

Remote

Posted on 8/4/2022

INACTIVE

Locations

Toronto, ON, Canada

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Development Operations (DevOps)

Docker

Operating Systems

Terraform

Kubernetes

Requirements

You have 1+ years experience in a devops or infrastructure role, and 2+ years of software dev experience overall
You have experience and comfort with POSIX-based operating systems
You have experience with operating a Kubernetes cluster in production
You have experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Helm and Terraform or their substitutes
You understand how networked services in the cloud work: VPC, IP, TCP, DNS, HTTP, etc
You abhor repetitive manual processes and are excited to automate them away
You have a sixth sense for spotting waste (in money, time, CPU cycles) and eliminating it
You learn quickly, regardless of the languages and technologies used
You are a strong communicator
You are looking forward to working in a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

Work with cutting edge infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and Istio
Accelerate development across the company with faster, safer, and more frequent deploys
Meaningfully improve developer happiness and productivity across the company with better development tools and workflows
Contribute directly to the bottom line with cost savings initiatives and optimizations
Catch errors and performance issues early with automated monitoring and alerting
Maintain and improve security across our infrastructure including firewall rules, access control, audit logging, and disaster recovery

About Us

Snapcommerce is a high-growth company that sits at the intersection of mobile commerce and fintech. Our flagship product, Snaptravel allows millions of users around the world to book their travel over messaging. We are currently in the scale-up phase of the company with plans to grow from ~150 employees to ~300+ employees as fast as possible while maintaining the advantages and culture of being a startup.

With a high-performing team of world-class leaders, Snapcommerce thrives on tackling intricate problems within AI, E-commerce, and Conversational Design to push the boundaries of the value we can add to our users’ lives!

At Snapcommerce, we pride ourselves on the performance-driven environment we’ve created for our team to prosper and excel. Our values are rooted in making data driven-decisions and risk-taking actions that add value to both the user and the company. Check out this article from our CEO, Hussein on Snapcommerce’s Core Values to learn more!

About The Role

We are looking for an engineer to join our infrastructure (devops) engineering team. Our team is responsible for the infrastructure around building, deploying, and monitoring our services, databases, and caches. Our services handle 125k+ requests per second, ingest over 1TB/day of data and processes over $1MM/day in sales, while maintaining a 99.9+% uptime.

As a member of our team you will

Work with cutting edge infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and Istio
Accelerate development across the company with faster, safer, and more frequent deploys
Meaningfully improve developer happiness and productivity across the company with better development tools and workflows
Contribute directly to the bottom line with cost savings initiatives and optimizations
Catch errors and performance issues early with automated monitoring and alerting
Maintain and improve security across our infrastructure including firewall rules, access control, audit logging, and disaster recovery.

Our Stack

Amazon Web Services
Kubernetes (Elastic Kubernetes Service)
Infrastructure as Code in Terraform and Helm
Datadog and Opsgenie for logging, monitoring, and alerting
Postgres for storage and Redis for caching
Gitlab for version control and CI/CD
Python, Bash, and Docker for local development workflows and CI/CD jobs
Tens of containerized microservices running our application code, written in Python and/or JS

About You

You have 1+ years experience in a devops or infrastructure role, and 2+ years of software dev experience overall
You have experience and comfort with POSIX-based operating systems
You have experience with operating a Kubernetes cluster in production
You have experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Helm and Terraform or their substitutes
You understand how networked services in the cloud work: VPC, IP, TCP, DNS, HTTP, etc.
You abhor repetitive manual processes and are excited to automate them away
You have a sixth sense for spotting waste (in money, time, CPU cycles) and eliminating it
You learn quickly, regardless of the languages and technologies used
You are a strong communicator
You are looking forward to working in a fast-paced startup environment

Perks & Benefits

We are a Remote-first company, we offer flexible working hours with complete work-from-home freedom and a guilt-free unlimited vacation policy
Enjoy employee rewards, and travel discounts using SnapTravel
Competitive salaries, equity options, full benefits from day one, wellness budgets, and paid development - we’ve got you covered!
UberEats credits, meal budgets, special treats, and team lunches. When in the office, enjoy daily snack services and unlimited coffee, tea, and other drinks
Supporting continued growth with Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion events, TED talk Tuesdays, and Lunch & Learn opportunities
We welcome new additions with a generous EI top-up, parental leave, additional vacation, and a flexible return-to-work plan
Game nights, Happy Hours, internal hackathons, team building games, workouts, and more

We Believe in Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

201-500 employees

Website

Cashback & savings platform

Company Overview

Super is a technology company at the intersection of fintech and commerce that empowers users to spend less, save more, and build credit - so they can make the most of life.

Benefits

Health, dental, & vision insurance
$360 annual wellness allowance
Employee assistance programs
Unlimited PTO
Recharge days throughout the year
Parental leave + top-up program
Annual $200 travel allowance
Employee-exclusive discounts
Remote work option
Generous equity options
$1,200 annual learning & development allowance
$500 WFH allowance (one-time)
Free food Fridays!

Company Core Values

Make an impact
Move fast with intention
Same goal, one team
Data-driven
Open, transparent, & respectful
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