AMP Robotics is a pioneer and industry leader in artificial intelligence and robotics for the recycling industry. Every day, we’re working to reimagine and actively modernize the world’s recycling infrastructure. Headquartered and manufacturing operations in Louisville, Colorado, we build and deploy cutting-edge technology solutions that solve many of the central challenges of recycling to make it more efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable. 

We’re fostering an environment where talented, driven individuals can grow and create impact. We are looking for unconventional thinkers to join our mission; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital and recognition including Fortune’s Impact 20, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes’ most promising artificial intelligence companies in America, we’re always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve each day in what we do. Learn more at AMPRobotics.com.

AMP Robotics is hiring a DevOps Engineer reporting to the Cloud Team Lead to focus on automating the hard stuff, maintaining our fleet of robots, and reducing friction in the software deployment process. You’ll work closely with our other engineering teams to make sure that we can keep delivering the best possible accuracy with our sorting processes without missing a beat, and that our feature velocity doesn’t require us to sacrifice quality. You’ll touch just about every system at AMP, and you’ll take the initiative to “be the glue” and help every part of the engineering organization work better.

As our DevOps Engineer, you will work to:

• Automate and improve critical software engineering and operations processes
  • Automating the software update rollout process and optimizing for minimal unit downtime
  • Finding single points of failure and making them highly available
  • Streamlining and consolidating CI pipelines
  • Productionizing and promoting useful homegrown tools
• Examples of automation project work include:
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure to support a rapidly growing fleet of remote devices
• Keep our fleet in top condition! This can take the shape of projects like:
• Keeping the fleet up to date with the latest GPU drivers and software packages--and then making sure that this task never has to be done manually again
• Developing metrics, monitoring, and alerting solutions and strategies, and tune monitors/alerts to maximize their utility
• Tracking performance across software versions on key metrics and working with other key software stakeholders to identify bottlenecks
• Continuously identifying and improving areas for improvement in our infrastructure (especially in the domains of networking, security, and high availability)
• Gain familiarity with the technical domains of our other software engineering teams, and help them to achieve their goals! Example projects might include:
• Helping the Machine Learning team to stand up a Kubernetes cluster
• Helping the Robot Software Engineering team to optimize their CI build times
• Writing tools to make the commissioning of new robots easier
• Making it easier for the QA team to write and run tests

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• None

The successful candidate will have:

Required:

• 2+ years experience in a DevOps, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Network Engineering, and/or Systems Administration role
• 2+ years experience programming with a scripting language like Python, Ruby, or Golang
• 2+ years experience implementing automated processes with CI/CD.
• 2+ years experience building or maintaining cloud and on-prem infrastructure.

Preferred: 

• 2-3 years experience in a relevant technical role
• We don’t expect you to be an expert in every DevOps sub-discipline, but it would be advantageous to be experienced in at least 2 of the following areas (or to be a generalist, i.e., to have had moderate exposure to many of them):
• Software Engineering and/or Scripting (we use Python for most DevOps tasks)
• Containerization and Orchestration (e.g. Docker, Docker Swarm, Docker-Compose, Kubernetes, Nomad)
• SQL-like Database Administration
• TCP/IP networking (routing & switching, VPNs, managing VPCs, running and interpreting packet captures)
• Automation (e.g. Jenkins, Ansible/Tower)
• CI/CD (e.g. Gitlab CI, Bazel)
• Cloud Platform Administration (especially GCP)
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Chef)
• Security (e.g. network security, SDLC, AAA tools and techniques)
• Debian-like Unix/Linux System Administration (advanced filesystem management, iptables/networking configuration, server fleet management, bash scripting)

Education:

• B.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) preferred

Experience: 

• 2+ years experience in a DevOps, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Network Engineering, and/or Systems Administration role

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Working Location(s): 

• Louisville, CO (remote until end of pandemic)

Travel Requirements: 

• None

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement: 

AMP Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at the Company will be based on job openings, merit, qualifications, and abilities as required by the position. The Company does not discriminate, and does not permit its employees to discriminate against other employees, applicants, customers, or independent contractors because of:

• Race
• Color
• Religion
• Sex
• Sexual orientation (including gender identity or expression, including a person's orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgender status, or PeopleCare’s perception thereof)
• Pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions
• Marital status
• National origin
• Citizenship
• Military or veteran status
• Ancestry
• Age (40 or over)
• Disability (including genetic information)
• Or, any other consideration made unlawful by applicable laws. 

Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination. 

Other duties: 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We recognize that there is more to work than the day-to-day responsibilities. In addition to a collaborative, high-performing team environment, we’re pleased to offer competitive base salaries; medical, dental and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan; paid time off and sick time; flexible work hours; and the opportunity to quickly accelerate your learning and growth.

Salary: $113,000 - 140,000 

Benefits information:

Full-Time / Salaried Employees

• Medical - The company covers up 85% to 100% of the premium for Cigna healthcare plans depending on the selection. Employees pay the difference in premium if they select a more expensive plan. Up to 75% for dependents. 
• Dental, Vision, Short and Long Term Disability.
• 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching).
• 14 days PTO and 6 paid sick days.
• Nine (9) paid holidays – 7 company designated and 2 floating holidays. (salaried employees only).