DevOps Engineer

tawk. to, the world’s #1 business messaging application is expanding its engineering team and is seeking an experienced DevOps. Every day we get to build an array of awesome systems at scale, including search, concurrency, content organization, real-time metrics, deployment, and event-driven, low-latency, concurrent apps. Our current systems are mostly built on Node.js. We focus on fast, iterative development (over 200+ deployments just last month), and collaborative, interactive programming. Developers work within small cross-functional teams of 3-6 crews that rely on one another to champion their project goals and in setting their own priorities are expected to build and deploy applications quickly and iteratively. Day-to-day Responsibilities Analyze current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon themEstablish milestones for necessary contributions from departments and develop processes to facilitate their collaborationAssist other department engineers in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the teamProvide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including materials, manpower and time necessaryProvide clear goals for all areas of a project and develop steps to oversee their timely executionWork closely with engineering professionals within the company to maintain hardware and software needed for projects to be completed efficientlyMentor and train other engineers throughout the company and seek to continually improve processes companywideWork alongside project management teams to successfully monitor the progress and implementation of initiatives Qualified Candidates 3 years of experience running large scale deploymentStrong Linux experienceChampion of automationDeep understanding and experience of networking on the cloud: VPC, firewall, Load BalancersDeep understanding and experience of configuration management: Chef or PuppetChampion of reproducible infrastructure (Infrastructure as Code), using tools like Hashicorp Terraform and Hashicorp PackerProficiency in writing a shell scriptProficiency in working with any of the languages: Python, Java, Ruby, JavascriptAbility to speak & write at a high level in the English language Working Hours Night Shift: 9:00 PM – 6:00 AM Preferred Qualifications Google Cloud PlatformImplementing and running CI/CDStrong understanding of distributed computingNode.js applications in a production environmentNoSQL databases in a production environment: MongoDB, Cassandra, ElasticsearchIn-memory key-value storage (Redis) in a production environmentMessage brokers/ message queues in a production environment: Google PubSub, Redis PubSub, Kafka Bonus Points for Deploying a containerized application in cluster: KubernetesUsing Hashicorp Vault to manage secrets: API keys, passwords, or certificatesAcademic background in computer scienceManaging remote teams What We Offer We are able to offer a competitive salary, depending on your experience and demonstrated capabilities. Why tawk.to is a great place to work? We are a highly motivated, friendly, and globally distributed team. Our company has grown but we're still a small team, so everyone that delivers in their area can have and make a big impact, and there are career growth opportunities for our highest achievers.