Spreedly · 7 hours ago
Senior Systems Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelSpreedly is the world's leading Open Payments Platform, providing a comprehensive payments orchestration service. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will lead projects, drive architectural discussions, and mentor team members while building and scaling complex cloud infrastructure to enhance the developer experience and meet customer needs.
E-CommerceFinTechMobile PaymentsPaymentsSoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Global Infrastructure: Design and scale the infrastructure powering a globally distributed payments orchestration service
Hybrid Operations: Maintain existing EC2 server instance deployments while leading the transition to containerized services
Container Orchestration: Assist with the build-out of container orchestration platforms to support a globally distributed system
Security & Vulnerability Management: Analyze potential threats and vulnerabilities to embed security standards, including WAF and DDoS protections, into the infrastructure
Infrastructure as Code: Use Terraform and Ansible to deliver consistent infrastructure-as-code
Compliance & Resilience: Support PCI compliance through meticulous systems documentation and network diagramming
On-Call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation to support 24/7 API operations
Qualification
Required
Experience building, operating, and scaling systems on AWS with a focus on EC2 and ECS
Experience with DevOps and/or GitOps and an understanding of CI/CD methods
Familiarity with infrastructure as code (we use Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Nomad, etc.)
Ability to analyze infrastructure threats and implement standards, such as Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and DDoS mitigation
A solid understanding of Amazon Linux and Ubuntu distributions and their ecosystems
Exposure to or experience with multi-region cloud environments to support global availability
Experience with databases (CockroachDB, Postgres, or similar) and middleware infrastructure (Kafka)
A desire to instrument everything using platforms like Datadog, Sentry, and SumoLogic
Experience with containers and container orchestration (Nomad, Docker, etc.)
The ability to deliver solutions in support of applications written in Ruby on Rails and Elixir
Preferred
Experience in payments or other regulated industries (PCI, SOC2, HIPAA, etc.)
Familiarity with Edge CDN-type services
Benefits
Outstanding Medical and Dental benefits, including 100% employer-paid options
Company-paid Life and Disability insurance
Optional vision and supplemental insurance options, and various Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Open Paid Time Off policy + 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
Matching 401(k) plan (5% up to $5,000 yearly)
Monthly home working/digital lifestyle stipend, new MacBook, and one-time accessory reimbursement
$1,000 annual professional development stipend
Access to company-paid professional coaching service
Visits to HQ in Durham, North Carolina for remote employees
Company
Spreedly
Spreedly's open payments platform enables access to the global consumer, processing more than $60B GMV annually in more than 100 countries.
Founded in 2007
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$81.07MKey Investors
Spectrum EquityE-Merge
2019-11-13Private Equity· $75M
2016-02-11Series A· $3M
2015-01-22Seed· $0.9M
Leadership Team
Justin Benson
CEO
Nellie Vail
Chief Financial Officer
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