Jr DevOps Engineer - Full Time

VoiceThread is looking for a software developer who is interested in bridging the gap between software and operations. As part of the DevOps team, you will be working closely with operations-focused teammates and our team of software developers to develop tools that improve daily work, reduce toil, and amplify the work of your colleagues. This is an excellent position for someone with 2+ years of experience in software development who is interested in the larger picture of developer tooling, cloud systems engineering, site reliability, and systems development.

Remote in US, CA, and Western EU.

Personal Qualifications

We seek out 1X Engineers. We value character highly. Humility, hard work, and a sense of humor can often solve problems where naked intelligence falls short. Since this position will be working across a number of teams, excellent soft skills and a close alignment with our company culture of curiosity, sharing, and mutual empowerment are critical.

Job Description

You will…

  • work with other engineers to identify opportunities for improvement in existing tooling.
  • become a subject matter expert in existing developer tools and services.
  • implement new tools to test, package, and release our SaaS platform.
  • work with the AWS cloud API and APIs of other cloud service providers to bridge gaps and automate CI/CD, metadata, and release processes.
  • help automate the regular collection of security and compliance information.
  • participate in the decommissioning of old products and platforms in favor of new platforms that accelerate development cycles.
  • assist the rest of the DevOps team with their mission to refactor existing infrastructure to make it more reliable, secure, and efficient.

Requirements

You have experience

  • working as a software developer with Python
  • programming against RESTful APIs
  • shell scripting using Bash on Mac or Linux
  • using Git

You should

  • approach problems with curiosity, flexibility, and persistence
  • have a team-first mentality
  • have strong written and spoken communication skills in English

Beneficial Experience

It would be a plus if you

  • have experience with Linux systems and configuration tool
  • have experience with PHP
  • are familiar with AWS services