Senior DevOps Engineer

We take pride in our position as an innovator in the People Operations landscape. This wouldn’t be possible without an outstanding team of engineers that apply next-generation thinking to our software. Their abilities allow us to continually bring leading performance-management technology to the market.
Senior DevOps Engineers play a key role in building beautiful, clean, and simple applications. Additionally, Senior DevOps Engineers assist in managing the development of the next generation of infrastructure, whether that be immutable infrastructure, Docker/Kubernetes, or serverless. As a participant throughout the product life cycle, Senior DevOps Engineers collaborate with multiple people and teams simultaneously. Senior DevOps Engineers have deep technical expertise as well as confidence in guiding balanced decision-making when it comes to the development of infrastructure, network systems, and various product features. Senior DevOps Engineers are expected to combine innovation with a dedication to 15Five’s core values and focus on inspiring the DevOps team to build products that embody our Best-Self philosophy.

OUTCOMES

• Synthesize multiple solutions to a problem 
• Help peers become their best coding selves
• Apply 15Five standards, guidelines, and practices to writing quality code 
• Perform code reviews and ensure code meets our standards for exceptional quality 
• Help drive innovation by contributing new ideas for our processes, tools, and technologies
• Possess expert knowledge and best practices for complexity, maintainability, performance, scalability, flexibility, enterprise system architecture, and other trade offs
• Operates the production and development/testing of cloud systems
• Present and communicate solutions to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Troubleshoot production problems quickly and efficiently
• Maintain knowledge of evolving data technologies and solutions
• Promote operational best practices, standards, and processes
• Shape development processes to promote a high-quality output while continuing to iterate quickly
• Manage technical debt, allowing accrual as necessary and reduction if it becomes a hindrance
• Anticipate future technical needs (e.g., hardware, software, services, etc.) 
• Oversee documentation of squad features
• Assist with software updates and upgrades
• Optimizes our infrastructure for the best overall performance of the application and development speed

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 3+ years of progressive work experience as a DevOps engineer
• 3+ years of experience with System Administration
• 2+ years of experience with Python development, preferably with the Django framework
• Experience writing modular, well-structured code
• Experience analyzing, improving, and debugging server-side code
• Experience with common development workflows using GIT
• Experience with Systems Monitoring/Alerting (DataDog, Dynatrace, PagerDuty, New Relic, Grafana, Kibana)
• Experience implementing Continuous Integration Infrastructures such as CircleCI
• Experience managing PostgreSQL or ElasticSearch
• Experience working in remote teams
• Highly proficient in one or more technical areas of back-end software development: Django development, database optimization, performance optimization, code structure, asynchronous process analysis, automated test development
• Strong communication skills across multiple office and remote settings, cultures, and time zones
• Able to collaborate well with a team of designers, product managers, and business stakeholders
• Understand the need for strong cooperation between back-end, front-end, DevOps, and QA teams
• Understand the cross-functionality of various technical systems
• Understand the connections and interdependencies between teams and departments
• Use a balanced approach to writing clear, maintainable performance code 
• Produce exceptional output and work quality
• Comfortable owning projects
• Have a strong reputation for accountability and reliability

ABOUT 15FIVE15Five is the holistic performance management company. 15Five equips HR teams with a complete platform solution to improve manager effectiveness, drive high performance and engagement, and increase retention. 15Five’s easy-to-use software, coaching, manager training, and community enables HR leaders to continuously measure engagement and performance, and empower managers to drive change.
At 15Five, we focus on building a diverse team that prioritizes inclusivity and celebrates everyone’s unique identity. We are proud of our thriving hybrid culture that supports a remote-first workplace balanced with distributed office hubs, and annual opportunities for all employees to connect in person. We also offer