Posted almost 5 years ago

Job Description

About Toptal

Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand. With $100+ million in annual revenue and triple-digit growth, Toptal is the in the world.

We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun (see this from The Huffington Post). We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.

Position Description

Building a great platform is not possible without having a great infrastructure in place. All of our services are always up and running and this is ensured by the great infrastructure that backs all of them.

As an Infrastructure Engineer, youll be responsible for the continued maintenance, improvement, and evolution of Toptals infrastructure and the health of all of our applications. Some of your main activities will be deploying and scaling various services, building fault-tolerant application setups, monitoring server and application performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring the security and the robustness of our server infrastructure.

This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere. All communication and resumes must be submitted in English.

Responsibilities:

Deploy and scale Toptal products

Maintain and improve our server infrastructure

Ensure the security of our server infrastructure

Monitor servers and applications

Make strategic technical decisions related to the infrastructure (e.g. deployment and monitoring strategies, replication strategies, etc)

Onboard and mentor new team members

Requirements

Experience deploying and scaling Python/Ruby and JVM applications

Experience deploying and scaling PostgreSQL & Elasticsearch

Solid understanding of GNU/Linux (Red Hat/CentOS experience would be considered an advantage)

Experience with Googles and Amazons cloud platforms

Background in web/enterprise development

Experience with monitoring tools like Zabbix, NewRelic, Rollbar, OpsGenie & friends

Experience with provisioning tools like Ansible, Puppet and Chef (Ansible experience would be considered an advantage)

Experience with Docker

Experience setting up and maintaining complex Jenkins deployments (our test suites are huge)

Take smart risks and champion new ideas.

Be comfortable with iterative and incremental development.

Be willing to help your teammates, share your knowledge with them, and learn from them.

Be open to receiving feedback.

You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.

If you have experience working remotely, deploying and scaling a large product, managing a team, committing to open source, learning new technologies quickly, and supporting servers that never fail on you, please apply!