Platform Engineer

Passionate about development in leading technologies? Looking to become a major player on a diverse team? Want to make a big impact on an engineer-driven roadmap in your next career adventure? Koddi Engineers drive innovation by embracing challenges and deploying emerging technologies to solve complex problems in software development.

We need an upbeat and innovative DevOps Engineer to join our technology team at Koddi. As a DevOps Engineer, you will collaborate with our software engineers, QA engineers, and other IT team members to ensure successful deployments and operation of services, design and implement our platform infrastructure, and play a major role in our continuous improvement. We need a DevOps Engineer who can merge the barriers surrounding our software development, our testing, and our operations teams.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure for our SaaS platform
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of services 
• Maintain critical applications on cloud-native microservices architecture
• Implement automation, effective monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code
• Manage our continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency
• Iterate on best practices to increase the quality and velocity of deployments
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and industry standards
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations for mission-critical systems
• Identify infrastructure problems before they happen and implement solutions that detect and prevent outages
• Secure, scale, and manage Linux (and possibly Windows) environments
• Continuously evaluate existing systems against industry standards and make recommendations for improvement
• Work collaboratively with multiple agile teams to help deliver end-to-end products and features, seeing them through from conception to delivery
• Deliver strategic initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with established goals
• Assist in developing strategic plans for your cross-functional team, aligning with overall business objectives
• Continue to keep the lights on (day-to-day administration)

WHAT SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE WILL YOU BRING?

• 5+ years experience in a DevOps/Platform role
• Strong experience with the following cloud technologies: Cloud computing, including auto-scaling and load balancing (EC2, VMs, etc.), Cloud storage (S3, BLOB, etc.), Container services (ECS, etc.), Kubernetes services (EKS, etc.), IAM, VPCs
• Understanding of system administration in Linux (and possibly Windows) environments
• Proficiency with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, PagerDuty, CloudWatch)
• Proficiency with Bash and Python
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Cloudformation)
• Experience with Version Control Software (Git preferred)
• Experience implementing CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TravisCI)
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Chef)
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (e.g., VPC, subnetting, routing, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience with Jira or similar project management software
• Experience providing feedback to leadership on strategic initiatives

ABOUT KODDI

Koddi is a global technology company with software and services that help top digital marketplaces effectively monetize their first-party audiences through industry-leading commerce media technology and strategy. Our enterprise platforms leverage first-party data to drive marketplace revenue and profit by improving user experience and target shoppers throughout the purchase path. Koddi’s platforms enable any advertiser, any marketplace, in any industry to increase awareness, generate demand, and drive revenue.