Systems Administrator - remote

Melms Media LLC
Posted 2 years ago
The Position
This position is a contract position. You will work remotely with a team from around the world to help develop the largest game bot on Discord's platform. 
 
We are in need of this position for at least two months as we deploy a new codebase, but we'd love if it turned into a long term position if both parties are happy at the end of the contract. 
 
Duties
The duties include but are not limited to: 
 
  - Manage server-side infrastructure 
  - Work with the development team to ensure smooth deployments 
  - Scale and manage a backup infrastructure for millions of users 
  - Scale and manage GCP or AWS instances along with the technologies we're using on them 

Pay &Benefits 
  - Competitive hourly rate 
  - Tech stipend to keep your hardware up to date 
  - Laidback hourly system that values YOUR time 
 
What you need to have 
  - Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi) 
  - Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions preferred) 
  - Experience scaling large backend application systems 
  - Experience with at least one of the following: AWS, GCP 
  - Experience with managed databases (AWS RDS, GCP Cloud SQL, or similar) at scale 
 
Technology used 
Our tech stack you'll be working with (not a comprehensive list) 
  - Kubernetes 
  - Docker 
  - GCP/AWS 
  - PostgreSQL 
  - Node.js/Typescript 
 
What it would be nice for you to have 
  - Knowledge of Discord's chat platform
  - Experience in the gaming industry at large

Our Company
We are the team behind Discord's largest game bot. We value a culture that's very laid back and respectful to YOU and gives each contractor the freedom they need to thrive. The only required hours we have is an hour standup meeting every Friday. We take a no-bullshit approach to hiring, and won't put you through the wringer just to get ignored later.