We are a fully remote organization and, as such, this a remote position. Though we currently have staff in the US and Canada, anyone in the Western hemisphere's time zones are encouraged to apply! ⏰
About absurd:joy and our culture
Founded by former video-game industry veterans, absurd:joy is a new startup focused on bringing joy to remote communication. We’re working on Tangle, our team collaboration tool that you can read all about here (https://tangle.app)!
We firmly believe in life beyond work AND loving your work through healthy boundaries and habits. We do this by supporting our team in having what they need to work, where and how they want to. You can read much more detail about our culture here! (https://absurdjoy.com/jobs).
Founded by former video-game industry veterans, absurd:joy is a new startup focused on bringing joy to remote communication. We’re working on Tangle, our team collaboration tool that you can read all about here (https://tangle.app)!
We firmly believe in life beyond work AND loving your work through healthy boundaries and habits. We do this by supporting our team in having what they need to work, where and how they want to. You can read much more detail about our culture here! (https://absurdjoy.com/jobs).
We offer:
- A 4 day (32hr) work week, with unlimited holiday and sick days
- Monthly fixed-rate pay, not affected by work hours
- No overtime or crunch
- Fully remote, with stipend for workspace rental or home office improvements
About the Opportunity
Reporting directly to the CTO, the DevOps Engineer collaborates with the organization as a whole to develop and automate software solutions for our day-to-day challenges. This role is responsible for automating common development tasks, monitoring and maintaining our source control process, provisioning infrastructure on our cloud services, monitoring the functioning of these systems, and automating the processes that make up the application release pipeline. The DevOps Engineer brings their operations and technical strengths along with an agile approach to our deployment pipeline, utilizing best practices to maintain a secure, future proof infrastructure and continually innovates our platform.
Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain build and deployment pipelines.
- Plans, architects, and provisions infrastructure on both cloud and local platforms.
- Analyzes and identifies performance bottlenecks.
- Implement and analyze automated testing regimes.
- Sets up and maintains systems monitoring tools and source control systems.
- Works with the development team in automating the processes for the application release pipeline.
- Creates supporting infrastructure for development teams and product lifecycle.
- Responds to server incidents and diagnoses root causes.
- Supports security and backup protocols.
- Create and maintain documentation and training materials for these systems.
- Participates constructively in code reviews with other developers.
- Participates in mentorship and supports the ongoing learning and training of other team members.
- Stays current in adopting changing technology while bolstering personal and team skill sets.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by Leadership.
Qualifications:
- Experience in containerizing applications.
- Proficient scripting and automation skills.
- Experience with cloud-based CI/CD deployment.
- Experience in microservices architecture.
- Experience in performance tuning, load balancing, CDN.
- Experience in monitoring, altering, data migrations and backups.
- Strong analytical skills, collaborative problem-solving ability, and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Collaborate and communicate with kindness.
- Ability to manage priorities and workflow.
Bonus Points:
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent years of professional experience in a relevant field.
- Experience in QA Automation.
- Experience with the Unity game engine, and building releases for Windows and OSX platforms
Compensation and Benefits:
- Salary range of $100,000-$130,000/yr USD (depending on experience)
- Startup options package
- Extended healthcare benefits
If this looks like the position for you, please provide your cover letter and resume. Please mention "airplanes" to prove you read this! Our CTO loves airplanes.
Though we thank all applicants for their interest, we can only consider applicants in the Western hemisphere's time zones.
Though we thank all applicants for their interest, we can only consider applicants in the Western hemisphere's time zones.