Systems Guru at Koding (San Francisco, CA) (allows remote)
Job Description
Stability with 1 Million Users
You will help Koding keep humming and innovating while we reach 1 Million Users. Yes, that’s a lot of weight to put on your shoulders - but don’t worry you will be sharing the load with the rest of us.
Skills Requirements
You promise,
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You know Linux inside out.
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You have done this before, at scale (10k concurrent users is a must).
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You can hack code to make things work when things go bad at 3am.
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You will be obsessed with availability and performance.
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You know how to find things that need doing when everything seems quiet.
Bonus points available if,
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You know Ceph
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You know OpenStack
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You know LXC
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You know BGP
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You know Cisco IOS
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You know how to laugh
Your profile
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You love what you do, so when you’re not doing it for someone else, you’re doing it for yourself.
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You have been doing this for a few years (more than 3)
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You don’t think of messing with servers and their associated stacks as a job.
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You are not afraid to use your voice when you're stuck and ask for help.
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You try and at least RTFM before doing the above.
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You understand the need for documentation.
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You are based in San Francisco - or are happy to relocate.
Ok, sound good?
This job could be described as DevOps, but it isn’t because I hate that word. So Systems Guru it is. Basically you will be helping keep the infrastructure platform moving forward and “keeping it up”.
Sorry this isn’t open to people with credentials but no experience. However if you have lots of experience but no paper credentials - that’s fine.
Geraint Jones - Director of Systems Infrastructure @Koding
About Koding
At Koding we are building a social integrated development environment with the goal of enabling people all over the world to access software development. Come join us and help turn Koding into the go-to place to write code, collaborate and learn.
Koding offers a great startup work environment without being pretentious. We are a group of very talented and passionate friends and partners, working out of a nicely remodeled garage in SoMa, where we are fed by our amazing in-house chef and enjoy changing the way people code.
Joel Test score: 10 out of 12
The Joel Test is a twelve-question measure of the quality of a software team.
- Do you use source control?
- Can you make a build in one step?
- Do you make daily builds?
- Do you have a bug database?
- Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
- Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
- Do you have a spec?
- Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
- Do you use the best tools money can buy?
- Do you have testers?
- Do new candidates write code during their interview?
- Do you do hallway usability testing?
How to apply
To stand out from the noise please tell us,
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Where you have done this sort of work before.
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What your favorite shell is and why.
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Your best “I was in the datacenter at 3am when….” story.
Please send your responses along with your resume to julia@koding.com
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