Senior DevOps Engineer, Udacity

$132.7-156.1k

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Linux

Ruby

Terraform

Pulumi

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

Talent transformation platform for upskilling in tech

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Talent transformation platform for upskilling in tech

1001+ employees

B2CB2BEnterpriseEducationTrainingLearning

Be an early applicant

$132.7-156.1k

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Linux

Ruby

Terraform

Pulumi

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CB2BEnterpriseEducationTrainingLearning

Company mission

To equip professionals and organizations to excel in some of the world’s most exciting disciplines by creating the next level of job-ready digital talent.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of professional experience supporting Production environments
Cloudflare, AWS and Kubernetes experience
Developing experience in any of the following languages: Go, Python, Ruby
Experience running Microservices using Linux and Docker technologies, ideally in a Kubernetes platform on AWS
Infrastructure as code, like Terraform, Pulumi or AWS Cloud Formation
Interest in systems engineering, networking (ideally with Cloudflare), and security administration
Mentors others and supports their growth
Encourages positive attributes and attitudes in others
Sees through complex problems to simple, actionable improvements
Works urgently and carefully under pressure
Continuously learning new tools and techniques
Resourcefulness to work through thorny production issues
Patience to sort out unclear operations requests

What the job involves

The Platform and Core Services team owns and operates the cloud services and developer tools that power Udacity. We believe strongly in infrastructure-as-code and & "automate everything". As an engineer on Platform Infrastructure, you'll do a little bit of everything - configuring our cloud infrastructure, developing new tools and services, teaching best practices to other teams, helping resolve production service outages, and more
The Platform and Core Services team works primarily in Go, but you"re also likely to find yourself reading, debugging, and sometimes writing code in all of the languages in use at Udacity, particularly Typescript but also Python and Ruby on occasion. We"re in the process of migrating the organization to a multi-region Kubernetes deployment with a multi-master database, so experience with the theory and practice of distributed systems is a plus. You should either have significant experience with tools like Terraform and Docker, or be prepared to learn a lot
Implement and Support Udacity Production Platform
Innovate in the Engineering Platform space by incorporating new technologies
Manage our fleet of cloud services in AWS and Cloudflare
Provide support and advice to Developers building new student-facing applications
Use configuration management tools to deploy and maintain Udacity products
Participate in on-call rotation for production incident response

Our take

Udacity is connecting education to jobs by providing students with skills to advance careers. Its revenue-driving 'Nanodegree' programs provide credentials to individuals earned through a series of online courses and projects from self-driving cars to digital marketing.

By partnering with leading technology companies to learn how technology is transforming industries, Udacity can teach the critical tech skills that companies are looking for in their workforce. With their powerful and flexible digital education platform, even the busiest learners can prepare themselves to take on the most in-demand tech roles.

The company sets itself apart from other online open course providers like Udemy, Goodwill or edX by focusing on industry-specific skills identified by tech companies themselves. In 2023, it launched the Udacity Management Platform for organizations, with capabilities including highlighting urgent learning tasks and displaying usage data, to further enhance its utility.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

30% female employees

1% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.5)

Trustpilot (4.4)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Nov 2015

$105m

SERIES D

Sep 2014

$35m

SERIES C

Total funding: $160m

Company benefits

Health, dental, and vision benefits (no-premium)
401K
FSA
Monthly wellness stipend (gym memberships, work-out gear, etc.)
Reimbursements for conferences, classes, and seminars
Flexible work hours
Unlimited vacation
Paid parental leave

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Sebastian Thrun

(Chairman)

Previously a professor of computer science at Stanford University. This experience encouraged him to found Udacity before he founded flying-car company Kitty Hawk of which he is currently CEO.

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