Published: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:50:33 GMT
Position: Senior Infrastructure Engineer
About the Company:
Going is a rapidly growing travel-tech company with a mission to make travel accessible and enjoyable for everyone. With over 2.5 million subscribers, we are dedicated to becoming the top travel app in the market. As a successful and self-funded company, we are expanding our infrastructure to support a data-driven product experience and provide a seamless platform for our members.
Role Description:
We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our SaaS infrastructure. In this role, you will collaborate with engineering and product teams to develop scalable, secure, and reliable systems that meet the demands of our growing customer base. You will be responsible for both hands-on technical work and strategic decision-making, promoting a culture of automation, collaboration, and operational excellence.
Applications received by December 31 will be given priority for review and response. While applications may remain open after this date, those submitted later may experience a slower review process.
Key Responsibilities:
– Lead the migration of key services to modern cloud-native infrastructure, utilizing best practices for scalability and performance.
– Enhance CI/CD pipelines to streamline development workflows and reduce time-to-production.
– Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to improve reliability and visibility into system performance.
– Conduct audits of the current infrastructure to identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
– Own the technical vision for DevOps and infrastructure, driving long-term improvements in automation, scalability, and security.
– Manage incident response and postmortem processes, ensuring proactive measures are taken to prevent future outages.
– Mentor and manage a junior engineer, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
– Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) to ensure consistency and repeatability of deployments.
– Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to align infrastructure with evolving business needs.
Requirements:
– 6+ years of professional experience in DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
– Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, with a focus on designing and managing scalable infrastructure.
– Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
– Strong background in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
– Proven track record of building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for efficient and secure deployments.
– Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
– Familiarity with security best practices, including identity management, network security, and data protection.
– Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Preferred:
– Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Certified Administrator).
– Experience with incident management and building high-availability systems.
– Knowledge of performance optimization and cost management in cloud environments.
– Expertise in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
– Familiarity with supporting data and machine learning platforms.
– Experience working in subscription-based business models or with large-scale consumer applications.
Benefits & Perks:
– Salary: $165,000 + equity
– 100% remote work environment
– Annual team retreats to exciting destinations like Washington D.C., Vancouver, Punta Cana, and Mexico City.
– Open vacation policy with a minimum of 15 days per year
– Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
– 401(k) with a 5% match
– $750/quarter remote work, wellness, and wisdom stipend
– Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave
– Meetup stipend when you cross paths with a co-worker
– Continuing education & development reimbursement
– Challenging problems to solve and an awesome team to collaborate with every single day.
Going is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to ancestry; age; appearance; color; gender identity and/or expression; genetics; family or parental status; marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status; mental, physical, or sensory disability; national, social or ethnic origin; past or present military service; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status; race; religion or belief; hair length; organ donor status. Going is an E-Verify employer.
If you require a reasonable accommodation or assistance for any part of the interview and employment process, please contact us at careers@going.com and let us know the nature of your request. Apply link
