DevOps Engineer II

Job Description

We are seeking a talented Dev Ops Engineer II for the Platform Team to help drive our transition to a platform-centric model. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to make meaningful impact in a collaborative environment and apply your technical expertise to build and scale our highly available distributed SaaS platform used by millions of K-12 students every month worldwide.

• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code initiatives using CloudFormation and Terraform
• Develop and maintain data pipelines
• Design, build, and maintain containerized applications
• Build and improve developer tooling to enhance team productivity
• Work with event-driven systems like Kafka or Kinesis
• Explore and integrate AI tooling into platform workflows
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve infrastructure and platform needs
• Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure prompt resolution of any customer-facing incidents
• Support CI/CD pipelines which ensure the prompt release of high quality software

Requirements

• 4 years of experience in software development
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
• Experience building or working with containerized applications
• Familiarity with data pipeline development and maintenance
• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform
• Experience with developer tooling and automation
• Strong knowledge of a scripting language such as Python, shell, etc.
• Interest in or experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)
• Strong self-starter mentality with demonstrated experience tackling open-ended challenges and rapidly ramping up on new systems
• Comfortable with uncertainty; able to independently define approach, identify dependencies, and drive work to completion without detailed specifications

Bonus Points

• BS in Information Systems or Computer Science, related field experience, or both
• Experience with AI tooling and integration
• Interest or experience in functional programming languages such as Haskell, Scala, Clojure, etc.
• Experience writing deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Experience with logging and reporting systems (Datadog, New Relic, etc)

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $82,200 - $102,000 USD. Benefits for eligible US employees include world-class health benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and sick time off, 12 paid holidays, parental leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid), and milk stork program. Additionally, tuition reimbursement, life and disability insurance, well-being and employee assistance programs are provided. Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.