Infrastructure Engineer

San Francisco, CA, US

Salary

$120K - 160K + Equity

Contract type

Full time

Technologies & frameworks

AWS
Go
Ethereum
Securiy
Docker
Kubernetes

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To sum it up...

Build the infrastructure behind a Data Science driven Hedgefund

Role overview

Responsibilities

manage all AWS infrastructure, turn infrastructure into code
setup and maintain geth/parity nodes
improve private key management for our smart contract(s)
improve secrets management for our systems
build a new observability (logs/metrics/alerting) platform
build a unified set of internal tools for all engineering

Desired Skills

3 years experience working with cloud providers (AWS/Google Cloud) or internal infrastructure
managed/maintained a big system in "production" that the business critically depends on
experience with security (security breaches, encryption, password/secrets management, networking)
experience building tools (deployment scripts, infrastructure as code, docker/kubernetes/terraform)
experience with observability (log aggregation, real time metrics, alerting, oncall rotations)
experience with databases, data pipelines

Desired Personal Qualities

Proactive.
Future optimistic.
Positive.
Correct.
Passionate.
Insane. Contrarian.
Honest. Trustworthy.

Benefits

Whole body cryogenic preservation
Numerai covers 100% of platinum medical and vision insurance
Own your projects from conception to launch. Set your deadlines and manage yourself.
Strong bonus incentives

Location

San Francisco, in northern California, is well known for being a tech haven. However, as one of the most visited cities in the world, it’s also a center of cultural and there’s a strong counter culture sensibility that’s always been an essential part of the city. San Francisco has one of the most prominent LGBT communities in the world, and is one of the most important in the history of LGBT rights and activism.

The economy of San Francisco is influenced by household tech companies such as Salesforce.com, Reddit, Dropbox, Airbnb, Yelp, Uber, Lyft, etc. The third quarter of 2017, saw $4.177 billion in funding for companies in San Francisco and the North Bay Area. An hour south of the city is “Silicon Valley” which homes Apple, Facebook, Google and Palantir.

Known for its year-round fog, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and colorful Victorian houses. It’s also the home of the famous Alcatraz Island, site of the notorious former prisoner Al Capone.