Site Reliability Engineer IV

Company at a Glance

OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens.

At OpenX, we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale ad marketplaces, and we are constantly on the lookout for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.

We are a pioneer in cloud computing in Poland. With the migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) we have the largest infrastructure cloud footprint in Poland. It’s on such a large scale, Google is working to solve our problems. 

We are seeking a Senior Cloud SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) that will be primarily responsible for the performance, uptime, and growth of various OpenX systems and services on GCP. Much of your software development focuses on optimizing cloud-native systems, orchestrating cloud infrastructure and eliminating manual work through automation.

Excellent communication skills are crucial in this position so you could successfully interact with globally distributed OpenX teams operating in a 24x7 manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, write and deliver software to implement and support large web-scale, highly-performant, highly-available infrastructure on GCP/AWS (e.g. Terraform)
• Monitor infrastructure, respond to incidents, correct and improve systems to prevent incidents, and plan capacity
• Support system deployments and product releases
• Tune large-scale clusters for optimal performance and efficiency
• Working closely with engineering, project management, and operational peers to develop innovative technical tools and solutions
• Participation in on-call rotation

What you need to have to be successful:

• At least 5 years of AWS/GCP experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field involving systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Shell scripting
• Experience in one of the following: Java, Python, Go, or other
• Good English skills

Desirable Qualifications:

• Expertise in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Good understanding of public cloud services and tasks, such as: VPC; load balancing; relational and non-relational datastores (e.g., Google Cloud SQL, Memorystore, AWS RDS); storage (e.g., GCS, AWS S3); monitoring (e.g., GCP Stackdriver, AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus); serverless computing (e.g., GCF, AWS Lambda); and auto-scaling
• Kubernetes/Docker/Containers experience
• Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks

OpenX VALUES

Our five company values form a solid bedrock serving to define us as a group and guide the company. Our values remind us that how we do things often matters as much as what we do.

WE ARE ONE

We are one team. There are no exceptions. We are a group of strong and diverse individuals unified by a shared mission. We embrace challenges and win together as a team. We respect and care about our colleagues and cultivate an inclusive culture

WE ARE CUSTOMER CENTRIC

We innovate on behalf of our customers. We understand, respect, and listen carefully to our customers. We build great products to solve our customers’ problems. We manage our customers’ expectations clearly and honestly. We are a trusted partner to all of our customers - we act with integrity at all times. We care.

OPENX IS OURS

We are all owners of OpenX

We all have a voice to improve OpenX

We stake our personal and professional reputations on the excellence of our work

We are not interested in just "doing our jobs"; we take ownership to drive results

WE ARE AN OPEN BOOK

We understand and respect what each of us does. We are eager to teach and share what we know with others, both internally and externally. We are eager to learn from others and we ask questions internally and externally. 

WE EVOLVE FAST

We take responsible risks and own and learn from our mistakes. We recognize and repeat success. We actively seek out and provide constructive feedback. We adapt quickly and embrace change. We tackle growth and learning with real urgency. We are endlessly curious.

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Effective Date: April 18, 2024