Senior DevOps Engineer - Platform

Lob (View all Jobs)

United States

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Interview Process

1. Initial phone screen 2. On-site interview. Technical problems discussed during the interview are all simplified versions of problems we've had to solve in production. Our entire interview process and what we're looking for is described in our blog post How We Interview Engineers.

Salary

$150,875.00 - $184,875.00

Programming Languages Mentioned

JavaScript, Python


Lob was built by technical co-founders with a vision to make the world programmable.

We offer two flagship APIs (print & mail and address verification) that enable companies to send postal mail as effortlessly as sending emails. Lob is venture-backed by the most reputable investors in tech, and we are rapidly growing our team to shape the future of our company and meet the demands of a quickly growing customer base and dynamic product offerings.

As a proud Pledge 1% company, we’re committed to leveraging our product, partnerships, and people to drive positive social impact through Lob.org, and are on a mission to make direct mail more sustainable.

About The Role

We’re looking for an experienced engineer to help build Lob’s platform for our next stage of growth. You will have a profound impact on the engineering org’s strategy and culture, ensuring that people are able to move faster through technology. You’ll leverage existing technologies and bring some opinions of your own to the discussion to improve the engineering ecosystem. You will also be a source of coaching and mentoring for our team members and will help us to hire and retain a team of engaged and thriving engineers.

Some projects to get excited about:

  • Collaborating with feature teams across the org to migrate container orchestrators, adopting and deploying with Hashicorp Nomad
  • Creating reusable patterns to simplify builds and releases
  • Consolidating deployment tooling and improving complex CI/CD capabilities
  • Delivering granular data retention tooling, creatively managing customer data across software products and services
  • Implementing edge services leveraging caching, authentication, and circuit breakers across the platform
  • Leveraging AWS resources, patterns, and features to streamline operations and optimize the way our teams own and run our services
  • Creating and maintaining reference architectures to launch production-ready services
  • Implementing distributed tracing and iterating on service observability

As a Senior Engineer, you will:

  • Be responsible for leading projects from design to implementation
  • Coach and mentor other engineers on the team about best practices around platform architecture and general DevOps philosophy and implementation
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams to help adoption of new technologies, and contribute to solving complex problems spanning multiple domains
  • Work with engineering teams across the organization, improving tooling, process, internal developer experience, automation, and the entire engineering ecosystem
  • Collaborate in an inclusive, fun, learning-focused engineering culture that ships often

What you will bring to this role...

  • You have at least 5 years of overall experience as an engineer with infrastructure, DevOps, and/or platform experience around cloud services and observability
  • Shipped large, complex, business-impacting software projects for which you were the primary/lead technical designer or architect
  • Experience with one or more of the following languages: Javascript, GoLang, Python
  • Experience with integrating one or more of the following technologies into architectures and best practices with them: Nomad, Terraform, Consul, Datadog, EC2, ALB/ELB, SNS/SQS, Redis, Postgres, Aurora, Lambda, etc
  • Experience with at least one public cloud vendor (AWS preferred)
  • Grown others around you through coaching, mentoring, and leading and can give examples of how you’ve done it
  • You’re Curious, Compassionate, Committed, and Passionate about your craft and can share that with others

Since great engineers come from a variety of backgrounds, it doesn’t particularly matter if you have a specific degree—we want to hear about your contributions in a real-world setting.

Our team loves working at Lob because…

  • Our business model is incredibly sustainable and Lob has thousands of customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. 
  • We are a growing, dynamic and passionate team headquartered in San Francisco, with team members throughout the US. We give our employees a lot of responsibility and ownership of their work. You will have fun at work while engaging in challenging projects.

Additional Information: *Colorado only - salary $150,875.00 - $184,875.00 offer includes benefits, equity, 401K
Additional Information: *New York only - salary $168,625.00 - $206,625.00 offer includes benefits, equity, 401K

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We offer remote working opportunities, unless otherwise described in the job description, in AZ, CA, CO, DC, GA, HI, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NV, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, and WA. You can also work onsite at our San Francisco headquarters.

If you are looking for a progressive, fun-spirited, and mentally stimulating environment, come join us at Lob!

We’re not just building a platform to make the world programmable. We’re also designing a great place to work, and ​​a ground floor opportunity as an early member of the Lob team; you’ll directly shape the direction of our company.

Perks

  • Health benefits for you and your dependent(s)
  • Medical Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Wellness program
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401K
  • Paid volunteer time off to support the organizations you care most about
  • Commuter & Parking benefits (includes monthly stipend) for those based out of our San Francisco office
  • Free lunch, snacks and dinner when working at our San Francisco office
  • Dog-friendly San Francisco office
  • Allowance for in-person team meetings (all flights and accommodations covered) for those not based out of our San Francisco office
  • Home-office setup and phone/internet stipend for those not based out of our San Francisco office

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lob is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of backgrounds and perspectives to cultivate an environment of understanding to have greater impact on our business and customers. We encourage under-represented groups to apply and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

 

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