Company:
Karkidi
Location: Palo Alto
Closing Date: 07/11/2024
Salary: £150 - £200 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
We're seeking a proactive and skilled Platform Engineer to play a crucial role in enhancing the reliability, scalability, and performance of our platform. This position offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, integrate new technologies, and improve our DevOps and SRE practices. The ideal candidate will possess a robust background in backend engineering, DevOps, and site reliability engineering, and will work within a complex enterprise cloud platform to deliver high-quality solutions.
If you're passionate about driving excellence, building robust systems, and contributing to the evolution of a cutting-edge AI platform, we invite you to join our dynamic team!
Responsibilities
- Promote best practices and standards across the engineering teams to ensure high reliability and performance of the platform.
- Collaborate with product management, engineering, and other stakeholders to enhance platform reliability and scalability, aligning with business objectives and driving technical excellence.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize backend systems and infrastructure to support our platform’s growth and scalability.
- Implement and improve our CI/CD pipelines, automation, monitoring, and alerting systems to enhance the platform's stability and performance.
- Document and track system performance, incidents, and resolutions, producing detailed technical reports and dashboards.
- Formulate plans and provide guidance on backend architecture, deployment strategies, and reliability improvements.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 platform reliability and rapid response to incidents.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Platform or Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a similar role.
- Strong experience in backend development using languages such as Python, JavaScript/Typescript.
- Strong understanding of API design and implementation.
- Strong competency in SQL.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools and frameworks (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Hands-on experience with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools and frameworks such as Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, or Prometheus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on long-term solutions.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Working Arrangements:
- This position offers a hybrid work mode, allowing employees to work both remotely and in-office as mutually agreed upon.
Ideal candidates will also have:
- Experience with or interest in Machine Learning and Generative AI.
- Experience with performance, load, and stress testing frameworks.
- Familiarity with security best practices and tools for cloud environments.
Join us and enjoy these perks!
- Competitive salary with bonus
- Medical insurance coverage
- 5 weeks leave plus public holidays
- Employee referral bonus program
- Annual learning stipend to spend on books, courses or other training materials that help you develop skills relevant to your role or professional development
- Complimentary subscription to Masterclass
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