Principal Software Engineering, DevOps

Remote - US

 

ABOUT POSITION:

Are you passionate about automation, DevOps, public cloud services, Kuberneters, and observability?  As a site reliability engineer at Legion, you will be responsible for building the tools, infrastructure, and services to create a secure, high-scalable, and cost-effective AWS/Kubernetes-based cloud platform. You will be working with everything from infrastructure tooling, automation, build and deployment pipelines, monitoring and logging, containerization, and more! Simply put, the SRE team keeps Legion running for our customers.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Legion’s public cloud platform, utilizing multiple cloud services and containerization
• Develop infrastructure automation leveraging Terraform, Chef, Jenkin, and Golang.
• Create and manage production alerts. Respond to alerts and conduct a root-cause investigation
• Develop  automation operational runbooks
• Support the deployment of Legion’s WFM solution during and off regular office hours
• This role involves participation in on-call rotation

 

BASIC QUALIFICATION:

• 8 - 12 years experience in SRE, DevOps, or other SaaS operations.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with managing AWS services and cloud infrastructure in AWS utilizing Terraform. AWS Certification preferred
• 3+ years experience with containerized cloud solutions utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS EKS. Familiarity with HELM charts
• 5+ years experience with at least one programming language like Go, Python, Bash, Perl
• 5+ years experience with one or more Infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible, etc.), CI/CD pipelines (GIT, Jenkins, etc.), and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, etc).
• Hands-on experience with one or more Linux/Unix platforms like RedHat/CentOS/Ubuntu/Amazon Linux.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

 

OTHER QUALIFICATION: 

• 3+ years of experience with observability tools: Splunk, Nagios, Elasticsearch, Kibana, CloudWatch, and Logstash and ways to scale these systems.
• 3+ years of experience in AWS RDS or Aurora MySQL
• Demonstrated ability to work with remote teams 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Salary Range: Base Salary $150,000 - $210,000 + Stock Equity

At Legion, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to all employees. As a fully remote employer, pay for positions is determined using local, national, and industry-specific survey data. 

Our posted salary range is done in good faith based on national data and may be refined for a candidate's region/town/cost of living. We strive to make competitive offers allowing employees room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s location, level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. 

Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• $0 monthly premium and other flexible medical, dental, and vision plans effective on the first day of employment
• 401k plan
• Unlimited Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave 
• Equity 
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement
• Monthly Lunch on Legion

ABOUT LEGION

Legion is on a mission to turn hourly jobs into good jobs, and we’re looking for best-in-class talent to drive this mission. Legion is a fully remote, mission-driven company focused on turning hourly jobs into good jobs. It’s a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced culture. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, interact directly with seasoned product executives, grow your skills, and enhance your career while helping solve important problems and achieve Legion’s mission. Our industry-leading, intelligent automation is powered by Legion’s Workforce Management (WFM) platform, which maximizes labor efficiency and employee engagement simultaneously. In a recent Forrester Total Economic Impact study, Legion WFM was proven to deliver 13x ROI through schedule optimization, reduced attrition, increased productivity, and increased operational efficiency. Legion has been recognized for its innovative, modern approach to transforming workforce management – Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America, Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, JMP Securities’ Hot 100 List of the Best Privately Held Software Companies, recognized for its industry-leading AI technology by with back to back AI Breakthrough and Artific