Venmo · 16 hours ago
Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $262K/yr
7+ years expVenmo, a subsidiary of PayPal, is focused on building products that people genuinely love while ensuring robust engineering practices. As a Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead initiatives in defining and evolving Venmo's cloud platform, overseeing architecture and best practices, and mentoring engineers in a collaborative environment.
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Responsibilities
Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
Proactively improves existing structures & processes
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations
Lead major initiatives end-to-end: you will define the design, identify stakeholders, navigate risks and changes, coordinate colleagues' work, implement solutions, and be accountable for timely and quality project delivery
Continually raise the bar through assisting fellow engineers in developing and delivering their code more efficiently and securely, coach and mentor engineers on design principles and best practices
Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
Recognize, validate and evangelize emerging technologies and architectures that align with business objectives
Develop and improve tools and automation to manage infrastructure and application configuration as code
Enhance the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure and operations
Qualification
Required
5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Acts as a project or system leader, coordinating the activities of other engineers on the project or within the system
Determines the technical tasks that other engineers will follow
Actions result in the achievement of customer, operational, program or service objectives
Proactively improves existing structures & processes
Exercises judgement in reconciling diverse and competing priorities (time, quality, complexity risk) to identify optimal solutions to problems
Notices patterns and condenses repetition into densely meaningful generalized solutions
Collaborates with management to set/improve standards for engineering rigor
Trusted to represent PayPal, Inc to the outside world via interactions with partners, customers, or industry organizations
Preferred
Lead major initiatives end-to-end: you will define the design, identify stakeholders, navigate risks and changes, coordinate colleagues' work, implement solutions, and be accountable for timely and quality project delivery
Continually raise the bar through assisting fellow engineers in developing and delivering their code more efficiently and securely, coach and mentor engineers on design principles and best practices
Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
Recognize, validate and evangelize emerging technologies and architectures that align with business objectives
Develop and improve tools and automation to manage infrastructure and application configuration as code
Enhance the quality, reliability, and stability of our infrastructure and operations
7+ years' experience in software development or a related field
5+ years' experience operating distributed applications 24x7x365, as part of a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team
2+ years technical leadership experience
Extensive hands-on experience with designing, implementing and supporting infrastructure (AWS experience preferred) to support global-scale services
Deep hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions from AWS (or similar cloud provider)
Hands-on programming and scripting (Python, Java, Bash, Go)
Hands-on experience with containers & container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
Hands-on experience with IaC: Terraform
Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
Bachelors and/or master's in computer science or related field of study
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
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Company
Venmo
Venmo offers an app that allows users to share and make payments with friends for a variety of services.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.3MKey Investors
RRE Ventures
2014-01-01Acquired
2011-08-01Series A
2010-05-07Seed· $1.2M
Leadership Team
Melissa Glassman
Head of Partnership Marketing
Sofia Capretta
Partnerships Marketing Manager
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