Responsibilities:

• Maintain and continuously improve the reliability and scalability of our services daily 2,5-hour on-call and 1 paid weekend on-call per month
• Develop and manage complex hybrid infrastructure (primarily multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters) with an Infrastructure as a Code approach
• Manage incidents and participate in on-call rotation
• Improve monitoring and alerting of our platform
• Actively look for opportunities to improve the availability and performance of the system by applying the learnings from monitoring and observation.
• Actively work on solutions to reduce workload by automating repetitive processes
• Plan, design, and execute solutions to reach specific goals agreed upon within the team
• Identify system parts that do not scale, provide immediate workaround measures, and drive long-term resolution.
• Improve documentation all around, explaining the why, not stopping with the what
• Know a domain well and radiate that knowledge to other team members

Requirements:

• Experience in operating mission-critical services and being responsible for reliability/uptime/SLA
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification
• Americas time zone
• Production experience on containers and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad, etc)
• Infrastructure automation tools (Helm, Terraform, Ansible, etc)
• Monitoring solutions (Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, BetterUptime, etc.)
• Public cloud provider experience (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Programming skills in Python and/or Go
• RDMS experience
• Think about systems - edge cases, failure modes, behaviours, specific implementations
• Proficient in Linux and the shell
• Have an enthusiastic, go-for-it attitude. When you see something broken, you cannot help but fix it
• Have the urge to document all the things so you do not need to learn the same thing twice
• An exceptional intellectual drive to go deeper down the blockchain rabbit hole

We Offer:

• Competitive salary in USD: We believe in compensating our employees fairly for their hard work and contributions. That's why we offer a competitive salary in USD.
• Stock options: We want our employees to share in our success. That's why we offer stock options as part of our compensation package.
• Bleeding-edge tech stack: At Chainstack, we work with the latest and greatest technologies. You'll have the opportunity to work with a bleeding-edge tech stack and stay up to date with the latest industry trends.
• Lack of bureaucracy: We believe in a flat organizational structure and a lack of bureaucracy. You'll have the freedom to make decisions and take ownership of your work.
• Flexible schedule: We understand that our employees have different needs and responsibilities outside of work. That's why we offer a flexible schedule, so you can work when it's best for you.
• Global fast-growing market: Chainstack operates in a global fast-growing market. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and contribute to our growth.
• Multinational team: Our team is made up of people from all over the world. You'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of individuals who bring different perspectives and ideas to the table.