Junior/Switcher DevOps to $2000 (offline)

IMPORTANT! Relevant as of August 30, 2024, 1 month Company Bootcamp period.

We are seeking a specialist to join our long-term project which has been in production for several years and manages a high volume traffic every day (up to 1 million users per day). As a member of our approximately 20-person team, you will play a crucial role in this new growing direction. The core business logic is already well-established and functioning seamlessly.

In collaboration with our highly experienced colleagues, you will be building new infrastructure on AWS (and potentially GCP in the future) and also maintaining existing AWS and Heroku based infrastructure, as well as migrating the remaining parts of the service from Heroku to AWS. In addition to that, there are several other projects where you can contribute in the future as well.

Why we're seeking new team members:

Due to our company's growth and the successful conclusion of new contracts for the year 2025, we are actively searching for talented and motivated professionals ready to join our team. Currently, 2 vacancies are open.

Test assignment

• The vacancy involves a test assignment as one step in the hiring process. It is quite basic - just to test your skills.
• The Company may, at its sole discretion, not provide applicants with the reason for being rejected and technical details of the test completed.
• Once getting to the 3rd stage of the interview, the candidate will have the opportunity to receive feedback from a technical specialist regarding your test assignment including technical details.
• Link to the test assignment is sent by request.

Our working conditions

• Our offices are well equipped for power outages: gasoline generator, EcoFlow Delta portable power station provides electricity for devices and standby lightning, Fiber optic internet provider, Starlink provide access to the internet.
• First month will be a paid Company Bootcamp.
• Company Bootcamp period paid as fixed monthly payment in UAH.
• Always stable and on time salary.
• We work officially (Private Entrepreneur by contract);
• Salary is calculated in $/h, with loads of 160 to 200 or more hours per month (all spent time is paid);
• Additionally: company pays Bench as 75% from rate and FuckUp pays as 50% from rate.
• Revision of the hourly rate every six months up to +50% (according to company regulations).
• Quarterly bonus, project performance based.
• English classes 2 times per week (groups of two people, after work hours).
• MacBook Pro 14/16, 4K monitor, stand, mouse, keyboard, headphones, comfortable chair, company branded T-shirt and mug.
• Working day from 8:00 to 17:00 (The plan for the day is made at the stand-up meeting and must be accomplished (considering common sense) within the day according to the checkpoints. After accepting the work, the PM finalizes the working day).
• Breakfast, lunches and other things in the kitchen at the expense of the company (coffee, tea, cookies, sweets, yogurts and drinks in the refrigerator).
• Work in one of 5 our offices (5−15 minutes walking distance from metro station):
  • К1 (М) Pozniaky
  • К2 (М) Lukianivska/Kontraktova Square
  • К3 (М) Taras Shevchenko
  • К4 (М) Osokorky
  • К5 (М) Slavutych

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in backend development.
• Experience in creating CI/CD pipelines, preferably with Bitbucket Pipelines.
• Strong interest in infrastructure and DevOps/SRE culture.
• Strong interest in learning DevOps technologies like Terraform.
• Good understanding of CI/CD and IaaC paradigms.
• Strong understanding of code versioning tools (Git).
• Passion for software engineering, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Ownership mentality.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.

Additional Skills (Nice to Have):

• Experience with AWS, GCP, Heroku or other cloud providers.
• Experience with Terraform or other IaaC tools.
• Python experience.
• Experience in network planning (CIDR ranges calculation, routing, VPN).
• Experience with firewalls, network security.
• SRE mindset.
• Out-of-the-box thinking.

Opportunities/benefits

• Personal Development: Employees develop their Personal Development Plan (PDP), focusing on skills and knowledge enhancement;
• Regular Salary Review: Salaries are reviewed biannually based on PDP accomplishments and other performance indicators;
• Focus on infrastructure/DevOps technologies learning: Special emphasis is placed on learning and improving competencies in infrastructure/DevOps/SRE fields;
• Team Support and Collaboration: Work alongside experienced colleagues and project managers who provide guidance and assistance with complex tasks;
• Technically savvy PMs who do task decomposition and know how to work with both the client and developers. No broken telephone game and no estimates handed down from the top;
• Code review: Mandatory peer code review, efficient QA process and task acceptance procedures;
• Learning New Technologies: Employees are encouraged to systematically explore and learn new technologies in the field(s) relevant to their roles;
• Kanban Methodology for Task Management: The company uses «Scrumban» (our own flavor of Kanban system with Scrum elements) for effective planning and execution of daily tasks.