Senior DevOps Engineer, Lightricks
+ Stock options
3+ days a week in office
An AI-first company that is revolutionizing how visual content is created
Open for applications
An AI-first company that is revolutionizing how visual content is created
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock options
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bridge the gap between imagination and creation, Lightricks is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge technology to the creative and business spaces.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of proven experience building and maintaining scalable and highly available SAAS systems over GCP/AWS/Azure
- 3+ years of practical experience with Kubernetes (K8S), Helm/Kustomize, and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi or CrossPlane
- Experience in building and managing microservice systems in a containerised environment
- Experience with GitOps methodology and argoCD
- Experience with CI/CD solutions (Github Actions, Circle CI, Jenkins etc.)
- Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or other comparable monitoring tools
Desirable
- Experience with Developer Experience (DevX) Tools and Practices: Proven track record in enhancing developer productivity through the implementation and management of DevX tools and practices, such as CI/CD pipelines, development environments, and automation frameworks, is highly desirable
- Experience working with GPUs: Hands-on experience in configuring, managing, and optimising GPU resources for computational tasks, including familiarity with CUDA, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks, is a strong advantage
- Deep understanding of networking, protocols and network-security concepts
- Good familiarity with UNIX-like operating-systems and experience writing shell scripts
- B.Sc. in computer science or similar quantitative field
What the job involves
- Our ML Platform team is responsible for building Lightricks’ ML serving platform, which hosts all of the company’s ML models
- Our goal is to create streamlined processes to bring functional research code and AI models to production grade systems, where millions of our apps users enjoy this magic
- Take a key part in designing, building and maintaining our ML serving platform and making sure it is scalable and reliable
- Our goal is to provide researchers and other developers in the company an easy way to deploy, monitor and maintain their services
- Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure to provide a reliable and scalable platform for other teams to build on
- Ensure high availability and performance of our production environment
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless testing, deployment, and monitoring of services running on our platform
- Develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the early detection of issues, enabling proactive problem resolution
- Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
- Learn and apply industry best practices and share this knowledge with other teams through guidance, lectures and workshops
- Develop tools and self-serve solutions to simplify the development and deployment processes for other teams at the company
- Continuously evolve and learn new technologies that can improve our team’s workflow, accelerate the development process and make it more reliable
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Lightricks is an AI-first product company that's creating a range of photo and video editing apps, making visual content intuitive and accessible to individuals.
The company monetises its apps through paid subscription plans that unlock functionality. With 40 million monthly users and over 550 million downloads worldwide, Lightricks gained unicorn status back in July 2019.
Lightricks AI-powered photo and generation model LTXV is an open-source product that powers a suite of apps including Facetune, Photoleap and Videoleap. The company recently expanded into creator services with Popular Pays, which connects creators with brands.
With its video diffusion model LTXV and diverse range of products, the company is well poised to serve the growing demand for intuitive and user-friendly content creation software.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
38% female employees
-12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"Joining as Operations Lead in the UK, I was the first person to take on this role so there was a very steep learning curve and a lot to get from day..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Jul 2019
$135m
SERIES C
Total funding: $305m
Company benefits
- 📈 Stock Options
- 🥰 Private Medical Insurance For You & Your Loved Ones
- 🤸🏻♂️ £750 p/a allowance for Wellbeing & Professional Development
- 💰 7% Matched Pension Contributions
- 🕺Weekly & Monthly Team Building Activities - Away days, Games Nights, Happy Hour, Pottery Making, Cocktail Workshops, and more
- 🍴Free lunch on-site, Monday-Friday with free breakfast, snacks & coffee!
- 🌍 Travel To Our Global Sites
- 🏝️ 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- ❤️ Life Assurance
- 🚀 £3,000p/a Transport Allowance
- 🎂 Seasonal & Anniversary Vouchers
- 📍 Hybrid & Flexible working
- 🙌🏻 Central London office space
- 🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave
- 🚂 Season Ticket Loan
- 🤝 Volunteering Opportunities
Company values
- Create fun
- Invest in people
- Get things done
- Strong opinions, Loosely held
- Embrace change
Company HQ
Finsbury, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Zeev Farbman
(CEO)Previously completed a PhD in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before co-founding Lightricks in 2013.
Nir Pochter
(CMO)Previously completed a PhD in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Yaron Inger
(CTO)Previously a lecturer in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Amit Goldstein
(COO)Previously completed a PhD in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Lightricks
Iris Altman (Director of Engineering, Marketing Platform)
- Join us in creating something amazing at Lightricks, where our secret ingredient isn't just code or algorithms – it's the beautiful mix of perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas that make our team unique. We're not just talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion; we're living it every day, watching it spark innovation and drive us to create products that touch millions. Here's how we're making this vision come to life: We've reimagined hiring to be naturally inclusive – our interviewers are trained to see beyond biases and spot raw talent in all its forms. Every job posting is carefully crafted to welcome diverse talent who can help us push boundaries and think differently. Learning never stops at Lightricks. Through engaging workshops and inspiring speaker sessions, we're constantly growing together, challenging our assumptions, and having those important conversations that move us forward. We create spaces for dialogue about issues that deeply affect our community. During Pride month, we amplify LGBTQ+ voices and perspectives, fostering understanding and inclusion. Our Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives go beyond recognition to provide education and support. These conversations are complemented by our year-round wellness programs, which recognise that true inclusion means supporting both the physical and mental wellbeing of every team member. We're also reaching beyond our walls, partnering with organisations that share our passion for diversity in tech, recently collaborating with PyLadies to host an enriching session for women in tech, bringing together bright minds to share knowledge and build connections. At Lightricks, you won't just find a job; you'll find a community where your unique perspective helps us push the boundaries of creativity. Come join us in building something extraordinary!
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