Sr DevOps Engineer Los Angeles, California, United States; Remote - USA

Bird Rides, Inc; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in infrastructure to enhance their technology stack. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain robust infrastructure solutions that ensure high availability and performance. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect scalable systems in AWS, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and implement fault-tolerant architectures. Join a forward-thinking team committed to creating environmentally friendly transportation solutions, where your contributions will directly impact the future of micro-mobility. Enjoy a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, offering generous benefits and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Employer-paid healthcare package

Mental health resources

Work from home stipend

Wellness stipend

Generous time off

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in AWS and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure systems to support software applications.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize performance and resource utilization.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Vault

Helm

AWS

CI/CD Pipelines

Object Oriented Programming

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Tools

AWS (EKS, EC2, ECS, RDS, VPC, Route53)

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Job description

Bird is on a mission to bring environmentally friendly transportation to everyone. Our products, services, and people share one common goal: to make cities more livable by reducing gas-powered car usage, lowering carbon emissions, and improving the safety of all road users.

We are relentless in our pursuit of better—for our riders, for our partners, for our employees, and for future generations. Our award winning electric vehicles help millions of riders take carbon-free trips in cities globally. And our teams push boundaries and challenge the status quo in pursuit of a brighter future.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer specializing in infrastructure to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the underlying systems and frameworks that support our software applications and services. Your expertise in building scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure solutions will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth operation and performance of our technology stack.

As a Senior Software Engineer for infrastructure, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and help support the CI/CD pipelines. You will be responsible for architecting and implementing scalable systems in AWS that can handle high traffic loads, optimizing performance and resource utilization, and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance by leveraging tools like helm, terraform, vault, kubernetes, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Set direction and guide implementation of core platform and infrastructure systems to support rapid feature iteration
• Define patterns and operational guidelines for software development and deployment
• Do critical R&D in timely fashion
• Work across all disciplines of engineering at Bird: Software, Firmware, and Hardware to identify gaps and advocate for solutions
• Design fault tolerant, highly available systems
• Be part of 24/7 support rotation for critical systems

Must Haves:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in STEM with 6+ years of professional, relevant experience
• 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, terraform, vault, helm, datadog
• Extensive experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, ECS, RDS, VPC, Route53, Networking, etc).
• Experience developing, debugging and managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Github Actions, etc).
• Working knowledge with Kafka
• Experience with Object Oriented programming and JVM

Highly Desired:

• Experience with Flink and real-time streaming systems
• Experience in Kotlin, Golang, Avro, and Java
• Working experience in Big Data infrastructure
• Experience in Geospatial and IOT systems

Culture at Bird

We're an ambitious, smart and open-minded team that is passionate about our mission. Each day is unlike the last, as we’re constantly moving forward, challenging each other, and working together to create the future of micro-mobility.

We want people to succeed at Bird, so we give our teams plenty of time off to relax and recharge. We also offer a generous employer-paid healthcare package, mental health resources, a work from home stipend, a wellness stipend, and a whole host of other out of the box benefits that meet you where you are.

Bird is the world

Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives —encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics, and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.

Sound like a place you’d like to work? Sweet. Let’s chat.

Must be located on the West Coast, PST timezone, this is a Remote role.