DevOps Engineer
About the role
Firstbase.io is hiring for a DevOps Engineer with a strong Linux and AWS background, who will help us build scalable, efficient infrastructure for our clients. Some of your main responsibilities will include: (1) implement and own the CI, (2) manage CD tooling, (3) implement and maintain monitoring and alerting, (4) build and maintain highly available production systems, and (5) lead and guide the team in identifying and implementing new technologies. Lastly, you’ll help train and guide the team in DevOps practices. If you are looking for a place to advance your career, enhance your skillset, and build connections around the globe, Firstbase.io is right for you.
What's Firstbase.io?
Firstbase is building an all-in-one Company OS to help define how founders across the globe launch, manage, and grow their businesses.
More than ten thousand founders from over a hundred countries have used our incorporation product, Firstbase Start, to launch their startup. For many founders, "firstbase.io" has become what they type into their address bars when they think about incorporating a business.
We are backed by Y Combinator & our team, investors, and advisors include people from Apple, Gusto, Carta, Wise, Plaid, and many other great companies.
Why you should join
Firstbase is much more than just incorporation. Our team is dedicated to building products & solving some of the startups’ hardest problems, with a particular focus in:
- Democratizing access to financial infrastructure
- Automating tasks every founder faces when running a business
- Making tools and resources more accessible to everyone, everywhere
- Building integrated solutions for founders and removing friction
- Delivering opportunities to traditionally overlooked founders and companies
- Democratizing access to knowledge
Join us on a mission to help more companies succeed!
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for risk-takers with diverse experience able to provide fearless feedback.
You will have the following duties
- Designing infrastructure solutions in Amazon AWS for a SAAS product
- Automating the creation and updating of infrastructure through code
- Building and managing production level monitoring leveraging dashboards, alarms, and logs
- Creating and updating code for continuous integration and delivery from software version control repositories implemented through tools such as Jenkins
- Contributing efforts to ensure availability, performance, and scalability for infrastructure operations and management
- Owning the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results
- Being self-directed, willing to take initiative, pragmatic and results-oriented
You should meet the following requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or Business Information Systems, or equivalent experience
- 5 + years of experience in a technical role
- 2 + years of experience in Amazon AWS
- Experience writing SQL queries a plus Amazon AWS Cloud certification is a plus
Some perks you might enjoy
- Competitive salary and equity: We lean on some of the best market data to ensure that we offer the most competitive compensation.
- Hybrid work environment: We work both remotely & from our offices in New York City in São Paulo – optimizing for collaboration while providing flexibility to team members.
- 21 days of PTO + birthday off: We offer flexibility to allow people to relax and recharge whenever they need it.
- Build your ideal work setup: We understand that how you work is extremely important, so we provide a stipend to set yourself up for success here at Firstbase.
- Health benefits: Firstbase offers health insurance reimbursements to both US and international employees.
- Learning and development: We provide a stipend together with resources to help people grow and develop in their careers.
- Amazing annual bonus: Every team at Firstbase has a bonus structure that usually accounts for 10% of OTE.
If you think you're unqualified or don't meet all the requirements for this role, we encourage you to still apply. We celebrate diverse candidates, adjacent experiences, and simply put, good people who want to build great things. If that's you, then we'd love to meet.