Jobs and Careers
AN

Senior DevOps

Ankorstore
Francefull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Feb 2025

About the role

About us 

Ankorstore is on a mission to rewild retail !

With decades of experience in retail and building marketplaces, in 2019 the Ankorstore founding team knew it was time to create a global wholesale solution – one that swings the balance in favour of independents and restores retail to its natural order !

They’ve created a new ecosystem that harnesses the power of modern technology to create a mutually beneficial community that reinvents the way brands and retailers work together. As a result, wild independents can thrive.

The Team

The Platform Squad within the Tech Department is integral to Ankorstore's commitment to revolutionizing the retail industry through technology.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be at the heart of our operations, working with cutting-edge technologies to enhance our platform's reliability, efficiency, and scalability.

Our team is a cross-functional group that supports every team at Ankorstore, acting as internal consultants and delivering customized solutions that impact the entire company.

Main responsibilities

  • Engage in the automation of processes using an advanced technology stack including GCP, Kubernetes, Istio, FluxCD, and the LGTM-stack, aiming to minimize manual intervention

  • Collaborate with product teams to address technical challenges, design new systems, and improve the scalability, observability, and alerting of our systems

  • Work within the Platform Squad to provide essential services to all Ankorstore teams, enhancing the platform's reliability and performance

  • Drive initiatives to reduce ongoing toil and focus on strategic improvements that matter.

  • Participate in on-call rotations (daily rotation across all engineers) for handling incidents, contributing to our goal of achieving operational excellence and high availability

Ankorstore tech stack :

  • Front-end: Vue.js, Typescript, Vuex, sass, webpack

  • Back-end: PHP 8.3, Laravel 10, Golang

  • Infrastructure: GCP, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch

  • Tools: Github, CircleCI, LGTM-Stack, Sentry, Notion, Tanka/Jsonnet

Requirements

  • A minimum of five years of professional experience, with a strong proficiency in cloud computing environments, preferably GCP and a minimum of three years of professional experience in Kubernetes.

  • Experience with modern DevOps tools and practices, including GitOps (especially FluxCD),  Kubernetes Operators and the Grafana stack.

  • Fluent in English, with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think outside the box.

  • A proactive attitude towards teamwork and open-mindedness, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

  • A positive and enthusiastic approach, with a readiness to learn and contribute to team success. Should demonstrate a commitment to improving their technical and customer service skills.

Benefits/Perks 

At Ankorstore we offer a versatile range of benefits to support employees' well-being and work-life balance, fostering personal growth within an innovative and adaptable work environment.

  • We are a remote-friendly company, and you will have an hybrid contract, based in Paris

  • All of our employees are automatically covered by Health Insurance & Life Insurance. Our Health Insurance (Mutuelle) and Life Insurance (Prévoyance) are SideCare

  • We have partnered with Swile to provide you with meal vouchers

  • You will have access to Leeto a platform that provides you with exclusive discounts, cultural activities, holiday vouchers and more

  • Paid leaves + RTT

  • Modern offices located in Paris (Opéra), providing a vibrant and inspiring work environment

  • Sana Labs, a dynamic learning platform offering engaging, customised training experiences and fostering skills development across the entire organisation

Learning more about Ankorstore