Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Observable is redefining how businesses create and share data apps by giving developers the tools they need to create their best dashboards, applications, and reports. Our open-source Framework allows developers to build dashboards locally while our secure hosting service makes it easy for teams to share data apps and discover deeper insights together. We have a large community of data practitioners who love Observable, and we are building on this success to bring Observable to more teams and businesses of all sizes.

Are you a backend engineer with a fondness for production? An SRE who also likes to design and code? Observable is seeking a full-time infrastructure engineer to help design, build, and manage Observable’s cloud systems as we accelerate and grow. Our team is fully remote and we strive to foster a culture that is collaborative and data-driven while being fast-paced.

Founded by the creator of D3 and Observable Plot, Observable Inc. is a data visualization startup redefining how businesses create and share data apps. Our platform empowers developers to create best-in-class dashboards, applications, and reports. We have a large community of data practitioners who love Observable, and we are building on this success to bring Observable to more teams and businesses of all sizes.

What you will do

• Design and implement new infrastructure and processes to support Observable’s growing cloud services and features.
• Perform site reliability and infrastructure maintenance work for existing Observable production and staging environments. (Manage servers! Tweak WAF rules! Optimize SQL queries! And more!)
• Participate in the dev team’s oncall rotation, monitoring Observable systems and responding to production issues.

Some of the technology we use

• Cloud: Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, Heroku, Kubernetes
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Containers, Docker
• Code: Node, TypeScript, JavaScript
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Snowflake
• Infrastructure As Code: Terraform, Packer, Helm

What you will bring

• 8+ years of related experience working with production systems, cloud providers, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), security best practices, etc
• Excitement! We are a startup recently embarked on a new product direction (see the announcement for Observable 2.0). We’re building cool things and we want your help :)
• Ability to design, implement, and operate the infrastructure that powers the Observable platform with autonomy.
• An enthusiasm for data, visualization, and technology.

Join our team!

Observable’s end-to-end solution includes our open-source Framework that developers use to build performant, expressive data apps; a platform for hosting projects; and tools to manage the data workflow. Our team is fully remote and we strive to foster a culture that is collaborative and data-driven while being fast-paced.

Thank you for your interest! 🙏 We can’t wait to hear from you.