Principal Cloud Engineer, Human Made
EMEA
£65-75k
Salary dependent on location
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All-in-one brand growth services
Job no longer available
All-in-one brand growth services
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£65-75k
Salary dependent on location
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To spread the word about the true value WordPress can deliver for world-leading organisations.
Role
Who you are
- You should have a good knowledge of AWS and scaling LEMP-based systems
- Some experience or understanding of containerised platforms (such as Docker and ECS) and Linux system administration is an advantage, however this knowledge can be gained through experience on the job
- You should be a good, professional communicator when providing client support in the event of site outages or other issues affecting availability or maintenance
- Good communication skills are essential to be successful in the job
- You should be able to prioritise your work and meet any deadlines, communicating any problems upstream along the way
- You should be prepared to learn new technologies, frameworks or software when required
- You are expected to have a can-do attitude when tackling new technical challenges, working with team-wide decisions that may not be your own and dealing with client relationship frustrations
- Experience with Amazon Web Services, particularly services relating to high-availability web infrastructure. For example, EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, ALB, S3, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront, Security Groups, IAM, ASG, and ECS
- Comfortable working from a Linux command-line
- Good at problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Comfortable with version control systems and corresponding workflows
- Experience with orchestration tools and contributing to existing infrastructure-as-code, especially Terraform and CloudFormation
- Ability to automate tasks
- Experience with running WordPress (or comparable LEMP-based applications) at scale
What the job involves
- As a Principal Cloud Engineer at Human Made, you will work to build and operate the cloud hosting platform underpinning Altis Cloud, which serves tens of billions of page requests every year
- You’ll work alongside the rest of the Product team, building and operating the platform with other Product and Cloud Engineers
- You will be required to support both client and developer requests relating to cloud infrastructure for projects and environments
- The Altis Cloud platform is a containerised LEMP platform running on Amazon Web Services
- The Altis software is based on WordPress, so you should understand the operational concerns regarding PHP-based applications
- This includes familiarity with scaling considerations, security best practices, caching, and performance considerations
- Knowledge of WordPress best practices relating to performance and security is an advantage, as this will allow you to contribute to code review and cross-functional architectural decisions, however this knowledge can be gained through experience on the job
- Human Made uses Terraform to manage infrastructure as code, in addition to legacy usage of CloudFormation; you should have experience with and understanding of these tools
- As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you will be on-call during (UK) working hours for any site availability issues that arise
- Our globally-distributed nature means out-of-hours support is rare, but may sometimes be required
- You’ll be responsible for either directly solving or coordinating support issues while you are on-call
- Human Made is a remote company which means that you need to be able to work both independently and as part of a remote team
- These could be outside of your engineering comfort zone
Our take
In today's digital landscape, the key to brand scaling lies in forming strategic partnerships with technology companies and other business growth services. However, the presence of various fragmented service providers can pose challenges for businesses seeking efficient scaling solutions, highlighting the demand for a more integrated approach.
Human Made offers a suite of brand growth services, encompassing customised brand development, strategic consultancy, editorial platforms, migration and audits, and team expansion and capability enhancement. While the company faces competition from sepcialised providers in each of these areas, Human Made recognises the value of all-in-one partnership opportunities for brand growth.
Through this unified approach, Human Made aims to provide brands with more streamlined and holistic methods to enhance their business operations. The company's impressive track record with renowned clients such as Google, Red Bull, and TechCrunch underscores its ability to deliver efficient and effective brand growth solutions.
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Company benefits
- Flexible, remote working
- Paid parental leave
- 35 days holiday
- Sickness and carers leave
- Annual company retreat (Previous retreats include Sri Lanka, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Norway, & Greece)
- Time to contribute to the open source community
- Conference and training budget
- Monthly remote working allowance
- Work wherever you want
- New computer and mobile phone every two years
- Office equipment when you need it
Company HQ
Matlock, UK
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Leadership
Tom Willmot
(CEO)CEO and Co-founder of Altis BXP since 2019. Previously served as the CTO of majamba.
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