Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Thumbtack
Ontario
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Troubleshooting","Toil reduction","Developer experience focus"]

Design, create, and maintain reliable systems and platform services that improve availability, scalability, and efficiency for Thumbtack. Set infrastructure and platform service architectural direction, build deployment and service management tools, and troubleshoot critical production issues. Help evolve observability and performance capabilities, forecast capacity and demand, and support rotating on-call duties across the SDLC.

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Thumbtack
Thumbtack
1 year ago

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, create, and maintain reliable systems and platform services that improve availability, scalability, and efficiency for Thumbtack. Set infrastructure and platform service architectural direction, build deployment and service management tools, and troubleshoot critical production issues. Help evolve observability and performance capabilities, forecast capacity and demand, and support rotating on-call duties across the SDLC.
Location: Ontario
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, create, and maintain software and systems to improve availability, scalability, and efficiency of Thumbtack services.
  • •Set architectural direction for infrastructure and platform services while supporting the engineering organization.
  • •Design and implement tools and processes for deployment, change, service, and infrastructure management.
  • •Troubleshoot and debug critical systems throughout the SDLC.
  • •Contribute to observability and performance capabilities, including capacity planning, demand forecasting, and rotating on-call duties.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive fluency in AWS and Linux.
  • •Designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems across web technologies such as DNS, TLS, HTTP/S, and TCP/IP.
  • •Decompose complex problems while understanding tradeoffs to deliver impact.
  • •Knowledge of instrumenting, operating, and observing microservices in a production cloud environment.
  • •Ability to read, write, and debug code in Python, Go, PHP, and JavaScript; communicate clearly with cross-functional partners.
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTroubleshootingToil reductionDeveloper experience focus
Tech Stack:AWSLinuxDNSTLSHTTP/STCP/IPMicroservicesPythonGoPHPJavascript

Company Brief

Thumbtack
Provides an online marketplace connecting local service professionals (home improvement, events, lessons, and more) with customers seeking quotes, reviews, and booking tools to hire vetted contractors and providers.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2008
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