About Us:
Spreedly is the world's leading Open Payments Platform, sitting at the center of a network processing more than $50b of GMV annually. Our vision is that the world is better with a diversified, inclusive payment ecosystem. Our mission is to accelerate commerce with an open, secure, and flexible payment platform that welcomes all payment participants.
We serve enterprise merchants and software platforms globally, including industry leaders in digital goods, order ahead and delivery, online marketplaces, donation/giving platforms, event ticketing, and financial services.
Our employees help us execute our vision by building a culture focused on autonomy, transparency, and collaboration in a dynamic, high-growth organization.
About the Role:
As a Senior Systems Engineer at Spreedly, you will lead ambitious projects, drive deep architectural discussions and decisions, and mentor other team members within the engineering organization. A strong candidate for this role can bring a deep understanding of what it takes to build highly available, performant, and durable cloud architecture and be responsible for the building and scaling of complex infrastructure.
Our infrastructure team regularly works with internal engineering and product teams, as well as external vendors, in pursuit of improving our developer experience and satisfying our customer needs. We seek someone who wants to bring a broad set of technical skills, a development and automation-focused mindset, and a diverse view to our team as we expand our infrastructure to support our goals.
Responsibilities:Design, build, and scale the infrastructure that will power a globally distributed payments orchestration service, responsible for processing $4B in payments each monthInfuse your knowledge of modern DevOps and SRE best practices into the team and broader engineering organization. You are a technical leader in your domain, ready to take the next step up the technical leadership ladder. You will have the opportunity to influence at the team level and beyond.Provide leadership and mentorship to team members. We are looking for an individual interested in hitting the ground running while uplifting the skills and abilities of everyone around them.Balance improving existing infrastructure with building for the future. We recognize that the systems that got us here must still be maintained, but they won’t get us to the next stage of growth.Become an expert in Spreedly infrastructure. You should be comfortable with and relish diving into an existing tech stack while understanding you may have to deal with skeletons along the way.While we are building for resilience, we acknowledge we still have steps to get there. You will be a key member in writing our resilience, reliability, and availability story.Maintain existing EC2 server instance deploymentsContainerize new and existing Spreedly applicationsSupport PCI compliance by providing documentation such as network and systems diagramsAssist with the build-out of a container orchestration platform, to support a globally distributed systemUse Terraform and/or Ansible to support Spreedly’s mission of delivering infrastructure-as-codeTroubleshoot and fix system issues as they ariseParticipate in a weekly on-call rotation to support 24/7 API operationsRequirements: Experience building, operating, and scaling systems on AWS Experience with DevOps and/or GitOps and an understanding of CI/CD methods Experience with infrastructure as code (we use Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Nomad, etc)A solid understanding of Amazon Linux and Ubuntu distributions and their ecosystemsExperience with databases (CockroachDB, Postgres) and middleware infrastructure (Kafka)A desire to instrument everything using platforms like Datadog, Sentry, and Sumo LogicExperience with containers and container orchestration (Nomad, Docker etc)The ability to deliver solutions in support of applications written in Ruby on Rails and Elixir Some programming proficiency in Python or Go. You might even be a software engineer with a focus or passion for infrastructure! A desire to mentor other engineers and foster a collaborative environment to improve our software development processesA willingness to be a generalist and dig into new things you've never done beforeExcellent written communication and a track record of documenting your workA pragmatic, take-action approach, but you’re open to failing fast and pivotingThe ability to sort out immediate priorities from the ever-shifting needs of a rapidly growing organizationBachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experienceWe Offer Our US-based Employees:Competitive salary + EquityOutstanding Medical and Dental benefits, including 100% employer-paid optionsEmployer-paid Life and Disability insuranceOptional vision and supplemental insurance options, and various Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)Open Paid Time Off policy + 12 weeks of paid leave for new parentsMatching 401(k) plan (5% up to $5,000 yearly)Monthly home working/digital lifestyle stipend, new MacBook, and one-time accessory reimbursementLinkedIn Learning subscriptionAccess to company-paid professional coaching serviceVisits to HQ in Durham, NC for remote employeesSpreedly is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We actively work to drive out even unintentional discrimination in our hiring processes via practices like blindly graded work samples, structured interviews, and diversity awareness training.
Due to the sensitive nature of what Spreedly does - handling payment data - finalist candidates must complete a successful background and reference check.
At this time Spreedly is unable to provide sponsorship for employment, and we are not set up to support remote employees who reside in California or New York. In order to be considered for employment, applicants must be currently legally authorized to work in the job location country and not require future sponsorship in order to continue working in that country.
We appreciate your interest in our company. Because of the high volume of resume flow, we may only respond to those candidates that we think will be a potential fit.