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At Branch, we’re transforming how brands and users interact across digital platforms. Our mobile marketing and deep linking solutions are trusted to deliver seamless experiences that increase ROI, decrease wasted spend, and eliminate siloed attribution. Our Branch team consists of smart, humble, and collaborative people who value ownership over all. Everything we do is centered around creating a great product, team, and company that lives and breathes our motto: Build Together, Grow Together, Win Together.
You will work alongside a small and deeply hardworking engineering group, building out services that power mobile experiences for a majority of top companies around the world. Today, we are powering many billions of API transactions a day and growing rapidly. We are looking for an experienced systems engineer to continue our transformation to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within a large and complex public cloud environment. If you are passionate about building secure and reliable distributed systems, come join us! If you're passionate about managing resilient, and reliable infrastructure systems at scale, we need your help! Our engineering team builds highly scalable systems to handle 23 billion transactions per day on multiple Kubernetes clusters with ~250 nodes each.
As a Systems Engineer you’ll get to:- Identify & drive platform stability projects. Evaluate ROI and work with technical leadership to find and complete large, measurable wins.
- Make our amazing team of engineers even more efficient with a focus on reliability, automation, operability, and performance.
- Work collaboratively with product managers, infrastructure, platform and data engineers to refine requirements, architect, and implement complex systems.
- Debug hard problems - that’s a given! When things break -- and they will -- you will find yourself debugging those challenging bugs and will be eager and able to fix things.
- Mentor other specialists and contribute to team growth and development.
- Audit costs for opportunities to reduce waste.
- Continuously learn something new, whether it’s a new technology or a quirk of a language we otherwise didn’t know. On occasion, you may find yourself picking up a new language or working with an unfamiliar platform. If this does not intimidate you, and you're eager to dive in and get the job done you will be right at home.
- 4+ years of experience managing production Linux systems.
- Experience managing Cloud Infrastructure on AWS (EC2, ELBs, S3).
- Experience designing scalable cloud solutions.
- Experience with modern configuration management tools (SaltStack, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Fabric, etc).
- Experience with large scale distributed databases like Aerospike, FoundationDB, ElasticSearch, or Cassandra.
- Experience managing and debugging high-volume web deployments on common frameworks like nginx, node.js, JVM, etc.
- Experience operating open source databases on AWS such as Postgres, MySQL, and Redis.
- Ability to demonstrate ownership of features and systems and pursue a result driven development approach consistent with pragmatism.
- High attention to detail and a strong desire to continually improve.
- Experience with observability systems such as Prometheus, ELK, etc.
- Familiarity with data pipeline management at scale.
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes internals and container management.
- Strong experience operating Java and JVM-based systems.
For this role, we're looking for candidates in the Denver metropolitan area for a remote position. We plan to grow our team and presence in Denver over time. This role does not qualify for relocation or visa sponsorship.
This role requires working with healthcare clients and may necessitate additional background checks during employment. All background checks will be conducted in compliance with applicable state and federal laws. Any offer of employment (including continued employment) will be contingent upon your consent to such background checks and satisfactory verification of the same.
In accordance with applicable law, the following represents a reasonable estimated compensation range for this role: the estimated pay range for this role, if based in Colorado is $116,000 to $149,000.
Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Colorado only. Compensation for candidates outside of Colorado will be based on the candidate’s specific work location.
Actual compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location and may be more or less than the amount shown above.
The salary range provided represents base compensation and does not include potential equity, which is available for qualifying positions. At Branch, we are committed to the well-being of our team by offering a comprehensive benefits package. From health and wellness programs to paid time off and retirement planning options, we provide a range of benefits for qualified employees. For detailed information on the benefits specific to your position, please consult with your recruiter.
Branch is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you think you'd be a good fit for this role, we'd love for you to apply! At Branch, we strive to create an inclusive culture that encourages people from all walks of life to bring their unique, diverse perspectives to work. We aim every day to build an environment that empowers us all to do the best work of our careers, and we can't wait to show you what we have to offer!
A little bit about us:Branch is the leading provider of engagement and performance mobile SaaS solutions for growth-focused teams, trusted to maximize the value of their evolving digital strategies. The Branch platform provides a seamless experience across paid and organic, on all channels and platforms, online and offline, to eliminate friction and drive valuable action at the moments of highest intent. With Branch, businesses gain accurate mobile measurement and insights into user interactions, enabling them to drive conversions, engagement, and more intelligent marketing spend.
Branch is an award-winning employer headquartered in Mountain View, CA. World-class brands like Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions with Branch.
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