Senior DevOps Engineer, Inkitt
Reader-powered book publisher
Job no longer available
Reader-powered book publisher
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a world-class platform to shine a light on phenomenal stories, and eventually develop theses stories into movies, TV shows, merchandise, video games, or even them parks.
Role
Who you are
- CS degree or in a related field
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL database management, encompassing configuration, performance tuning, and high availability setups
- Experience with Prometheus for robust monitoring and alerting, ensuring timely detection and resolution of issues
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch and Kibana for efficient log analysis and visualization, enhancing system observability
- Expertise in Kubernetes or Nomad for container orchestration and deployment, enabling scalable and resilient infrastructure
- Experience with ClickHouse or other OLAP databases for real-time analytics and data warehousing, enabling rapid insights into large datasets
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS, including infrastructure setup, configuration, and optimization
- Proficiency in Redis for caching and in-memory data storage, enhancing application performance and scalability
What the job involves
- Provide support and development for cloud infrastructure in GCP, AWS, and Hetzner, ensuring seamless operation and scalability
- Expand and maintain our Kubernetes and Nomad container orchestration infrastructure
- Implement robust monitoring and observability solutions for infrastructure and various backend applications, utilizing tools like Prometheus and Kibana
- Set up and maintain highly available databases, including PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse, to meet performance and reliability requirements
- Continuously enhance security measures across the infrastructure, implementing best practices and staying vigilant against potential threats
- Collaborate with stakeholders to manage infrastructure budgeting, optimizing resource allocation and cost-effectiveness
- Strive to achieve near-perfect system uptime through proactive maintenance, performance tuning, and rapid incident response
Our take
The current publishing industry makes it very difficult for breakout authors to achieve success. Furthermore, publications are often based off subjective opinions of those in the industry, and potential readers have no input in the matter, despite them being the force that will drive a book's success.
Inkitt takes a different approach to publishing in order to give writers a fairer chance of success. The company allows writers to submit their stories onto the website where readers have free access to read anything posted. Using an algorithm, Inkitt then determines which stories have the most reader engagement, and based on this information, decides which to take to official print and publication.
Several rounds of funding to the sum of more than $100M have allowed Inkitt to invest more in its algorithm and technology and open offices in San Francisco. It's also looking to expand into more mediums such as video content and audiobooks, with a long-term aim of building a media empire akin to Disney. Though there's a long way to go for that lofty aim to come to fruition, Inkitt has already attracted 33M users and published dozens of bestsellers.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2024
$37m
SERIES C
Oct 2021
$59m
SERIES B
Total funding: $117.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Plans including Fitness Classes
- Expat integration support
- Free lunches in the office
- Professional Coaching for Everyone + unlimited self-development book budget
- Regular social events
- Dog-friendly office
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ali Albazaz
(Founder & CEO)Founder and CEO of Fünfi and then joined moviepilot as a Javascript developer. After this, Albazaz freelanced as a Javascript developer for six years.
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