Senior DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer

About the Position

At AppRecode, we are passionate about building software that solves problems. We count on our DevOps Engineers to empower our users with a rich feature set, high availability, and stellar performance to pursue their missions.

As we expand our customer deployments, we seek an experienced DevOps Engineer to deliver insights from massive-scale data in real-time. Specifically, we are searching for someone who will demonstrate a unique and informed viewpoint, enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team, and help develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences at every interaction, with a strong track record of bringing products to life.

Join us, and you will have an opportunity to work with great Engineers, CEOs, CTOs, and other mature operators, a dynamic but still laid-back team (yes, you can combine that), agile development practices, the stack, and the approaches you choose to get the job done.

About the Position

The client is a Dutch SaaS company creating a PoS and e-commerce platform for local stores, especially in the fashion industry. It is quickly growing and requires help with the load.

Duration: 6 months + with a high probability of extension

Start: as soon as possible, latest Oct 16th

Responsibilities

• Upgrade and optimize Kubernetes setup
• Implement a caching solution such as Varnish for a PHP Symfony e-commerce shop with tenant-based deployment
• Provide technical guidance to the engineering team on how to effectively utilize caching within the application
• Collaborate with in-house developers on various tasks to ensure seamless integration of solutions
• Implement monitoring and alerting for deployed e-commerce application

Reporting & Collaboration

Reports to: CTO

Collaborates with: In-house and remote development teams.

Requirements

Must-have:

• Varnish (or another alternative)
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• ArgoCD (GitOps)
• Kustomize
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• GitHub actions

Nice-to-have:

• Flysystem
• Redis
• Doctrine
• PHP (specifically Symfony and WordPress)
• PostgreSQL/MySQL operators
• devspace.sh
• Application tracing
• Ansible
• BitBucket Pipeline or TeamCity
• Azure Cloud

Soft Skills

• Upper Intermediate+ in English
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Effective leadership in advising and providing solutions
• Highly self-managed and able to work independently, ability to plan, estimate, and execute given tasks

Challenges & Milestones

Scaling an existing PHP application to support high-load

Working Hours

Flexible, European timezone

About the Company

AppRecode is a Dutch SaaS company creating a PoS and e-commerce platform for local stores, especially in the fashion industry. It is quickly growing and requires help with the load.