At Handshake, we are assembling a team of dynamic engineers who are passionate about building high-quality, impactful, self-service platforms.
As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will spearhead the management of our Search Infrastructure platform and Search Data Pipeline, guaranteeing their seamless operation in a scalable cloud environment.
Your expertise will be pivotal in optimizing our platforms for maximum efficiency and reliability, owning our Technical Excellence and SRE programs.
You will ensure they meet the demands of our growing business while maintaining robust scalability.
You'll play a crucial role in mentoring and developing junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
Your responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure solutions using industry best practices.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration of infrastructure components and broader application architecture.
Monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness will be part of your role.
You will automate deployment, configuration, and management tasks using infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Spacelift.
Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the infrastructure team is expected.
You will participate in on-call rotations to address infrastructure-related incidents and ensure high availability of our cloud services and the Handshake Platform.
Staying updated on emerging cloud technologies and trends, evaluating their potential impact on existing infrastructure, and recommending appropriate adoption strategies will be necessary.
You will design and document infrastructure configurations, procedures, and best practices to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintain operational efficiency.
Leading our Technical Excellence program, increasing observability and measurement of KPIs & SLOs across our platforms is part of your duties.
Implementing modern, cloud-native solutions such as service mesh, advanced scaling and deployment strategies, and workflow orchestration will be required.
You will develop and improve processes to provide self-service and first-class user experience for our engineers.
Being a thought leader and driving innovation by helping to develop team roadmaps aligning with our business goals is essential.
You will work in a 100% Cloud Environment (GCP) and use tools and services like Argo Workflows, Argo CD, Datadog, and Kubernetes to improve the reliability and scalability of our platforms.
Requirements:
You must be adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.
You should thrive taking projects from inception to completion and be outcome-oriented, measuring business impact.
Acting with empathy when partnering with fellow engineers and coworkers, focusing on user experience and simplicity is crucial.
You need to have experience building and maintaining cloud-based architectures in AWS and/or GCP, at scale.
Expertise with Kubernetes, IaC, observability, and modern infrastructure tooling is required.
Prior experience with building and maintaining self-service tooling and guardrails is necessary.
You should have experience in securing Cloud workloads through implementing best practices such as OPA, RBAC, and utilizing Kubernetes security features.
Experience building or working directly with SRE in areas related to Operational Readiness and Incident Response is expected.
You must have infrastructure networking experience, including firewalls, load balancing, and DNS.
A passion for building simple, yet high-quality infrastructure is essential.
You should have experience working in distributed, performant, at-scale backend systems.
Strong operations skills and a passion for automation and reducing toil are required.
Benefits:
At Handshake, we offer equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
You will receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birth-giving parents and 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth-giving parents.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies, including LGBTQ+ coverage, are provided. We also offer resources for mental health assistance, employee assistance programs, and counseling support.
Generous learning and development opportunities are available, along with an annual $2,000 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
Financial coaching through Origin is offered to help you through your financial journey.
A monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook will be provided to allow you to do your best work.
A monthly commuter stipend is available for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees).
Free lunch is provided three times a week across all offices.
A referral bonus is offered to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.
Handshake offers a 401k match, providing a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy, which includes 13 standardized holidays, 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off, and a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of collective time off.
A $500 home office stipend is provided for you to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home during your first 3 months.
Family support, including parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly, is available. We partner with Maven Clinic to provide lifetime coverage up to $15K for expenses related to fertility and family forming.
A Lifestyle Savings Account is offered, providing an annual stipend of $500 for purchases such as fitness classes, gym memberships, work-from-home setup, and more.
