Overview
We are currently looking for a highly motivated Principal DevOps Engineer to drive advancements across our layer 1 ecosystem in how we design, build, exercise, and release these software products. The Algorand Inc engineering team drives the development of the software behind the blockchain itself, indexing/API capabilities, and a variety of SDKs that ease integrations and enable development. Our open-source (https://github.com/algorand) software spans a number of languages, with the core protocol being written in Go (https://golang.org/).
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys working cross-functionally and embraces technical achievement through leadership by example. You will be working on a fast-paced, rapidly growing, high-profile project with a significant opportunity for industry-level impact on emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. Our state-of-the-art headquarters is located in Boston, Mass. and has been updated with all of the latest safety features. While we love to work with New England talent and/or relocate people to the area; we are equally happy to consider candidates across the United States for remote opportunities.
This Job is For You if You’re:
- Excited by the opportunity to innovate and solve challenging problems
- Passionate about blockchain technology and/or cryptocurrency
- Obsessed with building products that millions of users will touch
- Interested in remote and in-office flexibility
- Takes accountability in driving an innovation through the full technical lifecycle from conception through rollout / successful outcome
- Guides their team through solving hard technical problems across deployment environments and the development lifecycle; then translates these ideas into technical designs and implementation
- Works cross-functionally to develop strategies to characterize and optimize the overall system performance
- Supports the development team with a reliable, responsive CI/CD process to deliver predictable builds of measurable quality
- Researches, proposes, and helps enforce best practices for organization-wide access to AWS resources
- Contributes to engineering efforts from design to implementation, solving complex technical challenges around developer and engineering productivity and velocity
- Ensure our software employs best practices for availability and implementation
- Is a key part of an inclusive environment that fosters collaboration and creativity both internally and externally
- Promotes DevOps principles both within and outside the team
- Min. 8 years of experience in software development and/or infrastructure, with at least 2 years of experience in DevOps
- Excellent written communication skills, particularly focused on technical design, strategy, and project planning
- Experience designing and building long term solutions leveraging AWS technologies (or equivalent cloud platforms) such as IAM, S3, EC2, EKS, RDS and more
- Expertise delivering solutions for building / packaging software applications, CI/CD pipelines, and deploying infrastructure as code
- Experience working cross-functionally to facilitate technical projects and be a liaison
- Track record of investing in ‘leveling up’ skills/abilities of colleagues
- Love exploring new ideas and keeping current on new methodologies
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related technical field; equivalent experience will also be considered
- Experience contributing to major open source software projects will be considered favorably
Algorand is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation during the interview process, please advise your recruiter. Our compensation package is generous, including a competitive cash compensation and an equity position in the organization. Our benefits programs are top tier, with 99.99% of benefits premiums for our Employees and their families paid for by the Company.