Intermediate Infrastructure Software Developer

About Scrawlr

Scrawlr is a company building a software platform and series of products dedicated to enabling alternative forms of communication layered on existing internet content, together with delivering superior monetization flexibility and content ownership for content generators.

Why you should work here

We are working on a transformational project that we believe will have a global impact, and we expect our team members to solve complex, unique technical problems daily. Our team members are given a high degree of product ownership, including the latitude to propose and implement approaches that can be divergent from all standard or existing solutions.

Scrawlr is committed to maintaining an environment in which all ideas are taken seriously and great ideas are adopted, allowing dedicated employees to effect change and to dictate their progression within the organization.

Summary

We are seeking an Intermediate Infrastructure Software Developer to contribute to the development, maintenance, and optimization of our infrastructure. This position is a unique opportunity for an individual interested in launching a transformational product in a challenging, dynamic work environment.

Role Overview

Your role will include, but will not be limited to: Coding new/modifications to existing infrastructure Building and testing redundancy systems Setting up test environments Stress testing and benchmarking different products Continuation of automation and monitoring scripts

Required Skills & Experience

• Three (3) years of work experience in a development agency or company development environments
• Experience with building and managing Postgres or Redis instances/clusters Solid analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Knowledge of Horizontal Scaling techniques Experience with debugging and identifying performance bottlenecks
• Experience building and maintaining customised CI/CD workflows (CircleCI or similar)
• Container tools experience with Docker or Kubernetes Proficiency in Linux and shell scripting (Bash 5.x)
• Strong experience in a scripting language: Python, Node, PHP, etc.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience working in start-up environments
• Knowledge of security best practices
• Creating and managing IaC (Infrastructure as code); Terraform or similar
• Solid understanding of building scalable, high performing systems and services
• Expertise with big data, analytics, machine learning, and data personalisation
• Experience using configuration management tools like Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Experience with Golang
• Experience with PL/pgSQL

Salary

• $72k-89k per annum plus an options grant commensurate with capacity for contribution to the team

Position Type

• Nature: Permanent, full-time and in person
• Time Commitment: 40 hours per week, with occasional overtime required
• Location: Vancouver, BC
• Start Date: Immediate

Please note: Candidates must be currently authorized to work in Canada.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.