Lead DevOps Engineer, Lingoda
Online language school
Job no longer available
Online language school
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build bridges around the world through language learning.
Role
Who you are
- 1 year minimum direct managing a team of DevOps Engineers, with additional years of experience (3+) in a mentorship function
- 5+ years of DevOps experience working on high quality and interactive scalable web applications and cloud infrastructure
- Working in high growth environments using SCRUM, Kanban or similar methodologies
- Proven experience in cloud infrastructure, development pipeline management, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, AWS, and RabbitMQ. Nice to have PHP/MySQL experience
- Demonstrable experience with CI/CD, IaC, and cloud security best practices
- Strong technical & people leadership, decision-making, running projects, eye for detail and an experienced team manager of managing teams of 3-5 people
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with many other functions and departments
- Very strong in balancing business requirements and technical process to deliver results and achieve success
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Fluent English skills (C-level)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to join Lingoda
- Leading a team of experienced DevOps engineers and collaborating with our software developers, you will manage all aspects of our cloud infrastructure and development pipelines supporting the growth and scaling of our product and helping us become the best online language school in the world
- This role will report to the Head of IT Operations and is pivotal for Lingoda as we scale our people, business and products
- Manage all aspects of our cloud infrastructure, development pipelines and development environments, maintaining a high level of performance, reliability and service to the engineering team, the business and our customers. This includes the following: Cloud Infrastructure - Management of AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes, RDS, Lambda, EC2, Development Environments, Alerting and Monitoring, Scaling, Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Cloud Budgets and security
- Promote DevOps culture and ways of working, enabling our development team
- Provide direct line management to the DevOps Team, including hiring, training, performance review, and professional development
- Create the Roadmap for the DevOps area, manage and oversee DevOps projects
- Ensure that we develop quality processes and procedures
- Ensure security controls and reliability controls meet business, customer and industry best practices
- Stay current of latest trends in cloud and DevOps, and leverage new technologies to increase efficiency and innovation
- Foster a positive environment, promoting a culture of continuous improvement
- Form strong relationships with stakeholders and the wider engineering team to ensure alignment and that IT Operations is exceeding expectations
- Working together with our engineering leadership group to define our technical architecture and overly platform performance and reliability
- Balancing your leadership and management responsibilities with a hands on mentality, taking part in DevOps tasks
Our take
Online classes have been booming in recent years, with brick-and-mortar institutions pivoting towards virtual offerings, and students looking for additional at-home resources to supplement learning. Part of this new zeal for digital education has been directed at language acquisition, and Lingoda was one of the edtech companies to cash in.
What distinguishes Lingoda from many other companies that picked up traction over this period (like Duolingo, Memrise, and Rosetta Stone) is the style of teaching. Lingoda connects students with 24/7 interactive language immersion classes on Zoom, run by native-level speakers. This makes it remarkably competitive, as it offers the scheduling flexibility that language schools can’t, the depth of content that many apps fail to deliver, and the highly effective face-to-face interaction that self-directed courses usually lack.
While Lingoda's language selection remains modest, the company has built a strong and loyal user base, and its commitment to high-quality, immersive learning experiences continues to set it apart. As digital education continues to grow, Lindoga's innovative approach and flexibility position it well to remain a strong contender in the language learning market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Apr 2021
$65.7m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$2.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $80.6m
Company benefits
- Free Lingoda classes
- Flexible working hours
- Team and social activities
Company HQ
Government District, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Dominic Rowell
(CEO)They joined Lingoda in 2022 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the COO at iQ Student Accommodation, a Group Executive Director (Commercial) and Commercial Director of UK & Ireland of Vue Entertainment, and CCO & Executive Director at Metro UK.
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