About YouNow
YouNow is a live streaming community of over 52 million registered users. Our platform is a safe and positive space where broadcasters ages 13 and up can express themselves by creating inspiring content, interacting with their fans in real time, and making new social connections. We’re a fast moving and growing team working on a cutting edge social video service that touches millions of users. We're inspired by the creativity and imagination of the community we've built, and if you’re excited about building a meaningful social experience for content creators, developers and users who love engaging with video content, you'll fit right in.
Job Description
This is a long term remote opportunity. We are looking for an experienced DevOps engineer to provide vital upgrades and refinement on YouNow’s backend and video cloud infrastructures that our broadcasters and their audiences use daily. Because the core of user interactions happen in real time it is critical that our infrastructure runs smoothly, and as efficiently performance and cost wise as possible. You will be crucial in ensuring our users have an enjoyable experience while using the platform and in facilitating an environment where development, testing, releases and production work can proceed securely, efficiently, and flexibly.
Qualifications
- English fluency
- 5+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer
- Experience with networking, properly architecting high availability systems, and security in an AWS context
- Expertise in Kubernetes or more specifically EKS and Terraform
- Hands on experience with various AWS products and services including Redis, DynamoDB, Redshift (PostgreSQL), Aurora (MySQL), EC2, Elasticache, WAF, DMS, Cloud formation
- Familiarity with setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines through tools such as ArgoCD and Jenkins
- Up to date understanding of best practices regarding system security measures
- Experience upgrading existing infrastructure design and components
- PHP/Python/Node.js development experience is huge plus
Qualities of an Ideal Candidate
- Critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
- Ownership over own and team’s performance
- Proactiveness and initiative
- Attention to detail
- Give a sh*t
Looking forward to collaborating together!