Checkr - San Francisco, CA
posted 4 months ago
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Checkr, you will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining the core components that power our operations. Your primary responsibility will be to work closely with our foundation teams to ensure that all software developed is reliable, scalable, and performs optimally. This position is designed for someone who is passionate about enabling teams to take collective ownership of their software's reliability and performance. You will guide other teams in fine-tuning their services, which will lead to improved robustness and efficiency across the board. This collaborative approach ensures that every engineering team at Checkr can focus on building superior software, supported by a reliable and efficient infrastructure. In a typical week, you will engage in various activities including building, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling Checkr's cloud and on-prem infrastructure. You will also work on improving infrastructure operations and processes through automation and tooling, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and debugging production issues across services and levels of the stack. Ensuring the scalability and security of Checkr's infrastructure will be a key focus, as will partnering with application developers to ensure best practices and efficient use of infrastructure. Additionally, you will be responsible for planning for the growth of Checkr's infrastructure, fostering collaborative relationships with other engineering teams and leaders, and driving platform adoption with various product engineering teams. This role requires a strong commitment to operational security and best practices, as well as a passion for customer-centricity and building relationships with other teams. You will also have the opportunity to mentor and up-level less experienced Infrastructure Engineers, sharing your expertise and knowledge to help them grow in their roles.