Senior Site Reliability Engineer

About the Role

Join Alvys, an early-stage company ambitiously transforming the $800B US freight industry. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and efficiency of our systems. Your expertise will contribute to the stability of our infrastructure and directly impact the quality of service we provide to our customers. In this role, you will collaborate closely with both the development and operations teams to build scalable and robust systems.

Industry Insight

Transportation logistics, a complex and fragmented domain, is ripe for technological revolution. You'll be at the forefront of automating and standardizing a sector that moves trillions of dollars' worth of goods annually, predominantly by truck, yet lacks modern tools and solutions.

About Alvys

Alvys is on a mission to revolutionize transportation logistics. Combining hands-on industry experience with a world-class technical vision, we're building a multi-tenant SaaS platform that's becoming an essential tool for transportation companies.

Our Principles

• Engineering Excellence: We're committed to a principled approach, blending the best of practical and theoretical techniques to ensure superior code quality and architecture.
• End-to-End Ownership: Our collaborative environment ensures that if you build it, you run it.
• Blameless Culture: We focus on ownership and learning from mistakes in a supportive, finger-pointing-free environment.
• Core Values: Trust, transparency, and fairness are not just our company values—they're also the solution to the industry's underlying problems.

Tech Stack

Our cloud-native environment leverages Azure, .NET/C#, CosmosDB, Cognitive Search, and a suite of Azure services. Our front end utilizes JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Dart, and Flutter. Monitoring and alerting are handled by Azure Monitor & Application Insights, alongside numerous integrations with external services.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience in software development with a modern programming language such as Python, Go, Java, or similar.
• Proficiency in managing and troubleshooting Linux/Unix-based environments.
• Understanding of network fundamentals (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS).
• Experience with monitoring tools and automation software (like Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Proficiency in managing infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience deploying and managing infrastructure in Azure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, particularly in a high-pressure environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment practices.
• Knowledge of security best practices in a cloud environment.
• Experience in performance tuning and optimization, both at the code and system levels.
• Proven track record in incident response and post-mortem analysis.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the reliability and availability of our systems and services.
• Collaborating with development teams to enhance system scalability and performance.
• Implementing and managing continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Conducting incident response and post-incident analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Automating system deployment and scaling processes to improve efficiency.
• Monitoring system performance and responding to alerts and issues as they arise.
• Contributing to the development of tools and processes that support system reliability and performance.
• Participating in on-call rotations, providing critical support outside of standard working hours as needed.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be essential in bridging the gap between development and operations, playing a key role in maintaining the health and performance of our systems. Your expertise will not only drive operational excellence but also contribute to the continuous improvement of our infrastructure and services.

We offer:

• Official and competitive salary in USA$;
• Private medical insurance;
• Hybrid/Remote work model;
• Regular revisions of remuneration package;
• Budget for Sports and Learning and Development
• Work in an international environment within a professional in-house team of engineers;
• Chisinau city center location;
• Corporate and team building events for employees.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Alvys is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

We are dedicated to growing a diverse team of highly talented people. We’re dedicated to building a workplace where we give each other the strategies, support, and space we each need to thrive—believing in and bringing out the best of everyone.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, whether it be alternate forms of material, accessible meeting rooms, etc., please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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