Senior DevOps Engineer

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More than 15 million people use Screencastify to record, edit and share all sorts of amazing videos. We like to think that we've democratized video creation by making it simpler and more affordable than ever before.

Working at Screencastify

At Screencastify, we value accountability, commitment, and speed. We take our responsibility to our users very seriously, so when we miss a deadline or slow down, it matters.

We’re not a pay-your-dues culture; we will train you quickly and then give you substantial responsibility. The better the results you drive, the more you’ll be rewarded.

We’re a competitive culture in some ways, but not in others. On one hand, we love to win, and hate to lose, and if you do great work, you’ll probably inspire someone working with you to try to do even better. But someone else does not need to lose for you to win.

We constantly challenge each other and push our quality of thought and work to new limits. But no matter how strong a disagreement may be, we want to work in a company of deeply good people who treat their colleagues exceptionally well. No matter how talented, we won’t hire jerks.

Why is this role special?

1. Tackle our most interesting and impactful problems. Our team is still small, and people wear many hats. You'd jump between product, marketing, internal tools, and design — participating in every phase from inception to implementation. Absolutely no boredom.
2. Work with an extremely talented team. Our team has built a product used by millions of people. We focus on solving problems that matter and putting product quality above all else.
3. Join us at a magical time. We're profitable and support tens of millions of users with a small team, which gives us a huge green field to work with. You'll join at the perfect time to shape how we grow from here.

What you’ll do:

• Build and maintain a developer toolchain / environment that helps our engineers work efficiently
• Evaluate and configure production systems including deployment, autoscaling, logging and monitoring
• Keep parity between staging, production, and development environments
• Improve performance and scalability
• Pitch-in with development tasks when things are running smoothly
• Build and improve processes and internal tools with simplicity and productivity in mind

Requirements

You’re perfect for this role if you:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• Have 5+ experience years building and maintaining applications that have reached a large audience, ideally while the product is experiencing rapid growth
• Have experience developing full-stack with Node.js, Angular, React or similar
• Have experience with cloud platforms such as AWS/Google Cloud Platform
• Have exprience writing shell scripts and automations
• Have configured CI/CD pipelines
• Have configured deployments, autoscaling, logging and monitoring in production environments
• Can readily learn most technologies as you go
• Care about the business implications of anything you build. You're not just going after cool stuff — you understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line.
• Love the challenges, hours, and ups-and-downs of startup life
• Are flexible, dedicated, and curious

This is a Chicago-based hybrid position with 2 days a week in the office.

We highly encourage you to apply for this position, even if you feel you do not meet all the requirements. You do not need to fit this exact mold.

At Screencastify, we foster an inclusive, supportive, fun, and challenging team environment. We value having a team that is made up of a diverse set of backgrounds and respect the healthy expression of diverse opinions. We embrace experimentation and the examination of all kinds of ideas through reasoning and testing. Come join us as we continue to change the world through video.

Screencastify is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation. We take a data-driven approach to our compensation strategy so all employees are paid competitively and fairly.
• 401k plan. We want to invest in present you and future you, which is why we offer a generous 401k match with our 401k plan.
• Flexible time off (FTO) policy. We recognize that time off to rest and recharge is important. The Flexible Time Off Policy (FTO) is designed for our employees to do just that -- balance work and life while maintaining well-being.
• Flexible work policy. Gone are the days of being in an office from 9-5, Monday through Friday. We recognize there are better ways to measure productivity than counting the number of hours you’re in the office and that sometimes the office isn’t the best place to be productive.
• Parental leave. Generous paid time off for parents to bond with the newest addition to their family!
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance. We cover 100% of employee medical premiums and 50% of employee dental & vision premiums. Plus, all employees receive a free One Medical membership.
• Professional development. Each department has a professional development budget and employees are encouraged to take workshops, attend webinars, join associations, and anything else that could help grow their careers. Did we also mention employees get free access to Udemy for Business?
• Divvy bike membership. If you’re in Chicago, take advantage of an annual Divvy membership -- on us.