Cloud engineer in gaming

Chess.com; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Chess.com ищет опытного Cloud Engineer для масштабирования инфраструктуры и поддержки глобальных сервисов, включая миллионы ежедневных партий и обеспечении высокой доступности.

Вакансия предполагает работу с Kubernetes, Terraform и GitOps, а также настройку CI/CD через ArgoCD, мониторинг через Prometheus и трассировку через Tempo. Требуется 7+ лет опыта в облачных системах и глубокие знания Linux.

Qualifications

• 7+ лет опыта работы с крупномасштабными облачными распределенными системами, работа в высоконагруженных продукционных средах.
• Экспертный уровень Kubernetes: развёртывание кластеров, управление, продвинутые сценарии оркестрации.
• Продвинутый опыт Infra as Code (Terraform) для продакшн-ресурсов в облаке и Kubernetes.
• Сильные навыки программирования на Golang; способность оптимизировать high-performance сервисы.
• Понимание проектирования распределённых систем, моделей отказов и связанных паттернов.
• Опыт работы с major cloud-платформами (GCP, AWS) и оптимизацией затрат.
• GitOps и CI/CD: современные методологии и инструменты.
• Опыт работы с системами мониторинга и трассировки (Prometheus, Grafana, etc).
• Администратор Linux с глубоким пониманием внутренних механизмов и оптимизации производительности.

Responsibilities

• Архитектура и оптимизация облачной инфраструктуры с Kubernetes, Terraform и GitOps для поддержки миллионов игровых сессий по всему миру.
• Оптимизация производительности через анализ Golang и TypeScript кодовой базы и устранение узких мест.
• Проектирование и внедрение мульти-региональных устойчивых систем с управлением 1M+ CPU в регионах.
• Эксплуатация приватного Kubernetes в bare‑metal кластере и Rancher; управление как единая платформа с GKE регионами.
• Реагирование на инциденты и поддержка высокой доступности инфраструктуры.
• Разработка паттернов интеграции распределённых систем для больших объёмов данных.
• Сотрудничество с командами разработки по лучшим практикам облачных сервисов и архитектура развертываний.
• Infrastructure as Code через Terraform для непрерывного развёртывания ресурсов.
• CI/CD через ArgoCD и GitOps-подходы для быстрой и надёжной доставки ПО.
• Улучшение наблюдаемости через Prometheus, Mimir, ES, Vector и Tempo.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

TypeScript

GitOps

Terraform

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Tools

Rancher

Prometheus

Mimir

Vector

Tempo

Elasticsearch (ES)

Kafka

PubSub

Redis

Job description

Описание: Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess. The Cloud Engineer role is critical to scaling Chess.com's infrastructure to support millions of daily chess games and serve global users. This position combines site reliability engineering expertise with cloud infrastructure management, directly impacting system performance, reliability, and scalability across Chess.com's multi-regional distributed architecture.

Задачи:

• Architect and optimize cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps tools to support millions of concurrent chess games across multiple global regions
• Lead performance optimization initiatives by analyzing Golang and TypeScript codebases to identify and resolve bottlenecks at scale, with specific focus on chess programming optimizations
• Design and implement multi-regional resilient systems capable of handling extreme scale challenges including managing 1 million+ CPUs across dozens of regions
• Run and evolve our private Kubernetes cloud on bare-metal: a Rancher-managed fleet in our own datacenters that carries compute and IO intensive workloads, operated as one platform with GKE regions, with workloads placed wherever they get the best cost and performance.
• Execute incident response and operational excellence serving as primary technical resource for critical infrastructure issues, ensuring rapid resolution and minimal downtime
• Develop high-performance integration patterns for distributed systems handling extensive data volumes while maintaining reliability and scalability targets
• Collaborate with development teams to implement cloud service integration best practices and optimize application deployment architectures
• Implement Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform to manage all cloud resources, ensuring consistent, automated, and scalable deployment processes
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitOps approaches using tools like ArgoCD to enable rapid, reliable software delivery
• Monitor and enhance system observability through implementation of modern monitoring stacks including Prometheus, Mimir, ES, Vector and Tempo

Требования:

• 7+ years of experience managing large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems with proven ability to handle high-traffic production environments
• Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes including cluster deployment, management, and advanced orchestration patterns
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform for managing complex cloud and Kubernetes resources in production
• Strong programming skills in Golang with demonstrated ability to optimize high-performance services and troubleshoot complex codebases
• Deep understanding of distributed systems design including failure modes, architectural principles, and data modeling strategies
• Extensive experience with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) including advanced services, networking, and cost optimization
• Proficiency with GitOps and CI/CD methodologies using modern deployment automation and continuous integration practices
• Hands-on experience with observability tools including metrics, logging, and distributed tracing systems for high-scale environments
• Strong Linux systems administration skills with deep knowledge of system internals and performance optimization
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for working effectively in globally distributed teams
• Будет плюсом: Chess programming and optimization experience including bit-level manipulations and performance tuning for gaming applications; TypeScript development experience for full-stack infrastructure and tooling development; Service mesh implementation experience particularly in hybrid multi-cloud and bare-metal environments; Message broker expertise with systems like Kafka, PubSub, and Redis for event-driven architectures; Gaming industry experience with understanding of real-time systems and high-concurrency requirements; Experience with Google Cloud partnerships and direct collaboration with cloud provider engineering teams; C/C++ programming experience for low-level system optimizations; Advanced networking knowledge for multi-regional infrastructure and hybrid cloud connectivity; Experience managing bare-metal infrastructure and integrating with cloud-native services; Database performance optimization experience with large-scale data systems and indexing strategies

Условия:

This is a full-time opportunity We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)