Senior Site Reliability Engineer, ZayZoon
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On-demand wage platform for SMBs
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On-demand wage platform for SMBs
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To provide a platform that enables workers to access their earned wages ahead of the traditional pay cycle.
Role
Who you are
- Has the ability to build quick when we need to experiment and build clean when MVP becomes core functionality
- Has strong SQL and data analysis skills and an eagerness to dig into data as part of problem solving
- 5+ years infrastructure experience
- 2+ years AWS experience including certification and deployment of production applications
- Proficiency with IaC, specifically CloudFormation
- Experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, ECR)
- Experience analyzing and acting on performance issues using observability platforms (DataDog, NewRelic, OTel)
- You must have access to a secure high speed internet connection and a secure workspace to ensure security of private information
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to take ZayZoon’s cloud infrastructure to the next level with complex AWS builds, infrastructure-as-code, and observability/logging/APM solutions
- You'll work in an embedded reliability team, alongside app and data engineers, to monitor, benchmark, and scale Zayzoon’s products
- You will work with first class technologies and staff to leverage all the goodies AWS has to offer, as well as creating a bridge between our bare metal infrastructure and our Ruby on Rails production app. Predictability, reliability, and scalability are your three favourite words
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code CloudFormation templates, emphasizing serverless resources (ECS, Fargate, lambda)
- Instrumentation and daily metrics analysis of both infrastructure performance and our Ruby on Rails applications, using AWS tooling (Athena, CloudTrail, etc) and third party observability platforms (DataDog, OTel)
- Manage deployment pipelines, including blue/green and intelligent auto-scaling
- Maintain and stay ahead of resource dependencies, particularly database (RDS, Redshift), including updates, playbooks, downtime planning
- Project costs and implement AWS cost savings programs and reserved instances
- Work alongside our risk and security teams to ensure ongoing SOC-2 and cybersecurity compliances
- Extensive collaboration with app developers on shared metrics, database performance, load testing
- Extensive collaboration with data engineers on facilitating data warehouse development, ELT, ETL
- Participating in our agile development process: sprint planning, story grooming and stand ups
- Adherence to our SDLC and secure coding practises and environment
Application process
- Please be aware that as part of our final hiring process, we will conduct reference calls with previous managers and possibly other individuals
- Additionally, due to the nature of our business, a criminal record check and a basic security clearance will also be required
Our take
ZayZoon addresses the financial strain faced by workers due to unforeseen expenses in the gap between paychecks. By providing earned wage access (EWA), the fintech startup offers employees the option to access a portion of their pay ahead of schedule, aiming to curb reliance on high-interest loans.
ZayZoon's platform works at no cost to the employer, but charges workers a $5 fee for a withdrawal. This does raise concerns over whether this could exacerbate financial challenges for low-income workers, although compared to the interest on payday loans this is still an extremely attractive option.
With recent funding, the company plans to accelerate growth initiatives and navigate increasing regulatory scrutiny. Despite concerns about these regulatory challenges, ZayZoon remains optimistic and dedicated to empowering workers and assisting businesses in managing financial obstacles.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Mar 2024
$15m
SERIES B
Sep 2023
$27.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $73.7m
Company HQ
Downtown Commercial, Calgary, AB
Leadership
Darcy Tuer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Founded their first Software company, Halo Networks in 2000 while studying Electrical Engineering at the University of Alberta. They also co-founded Spira Data Corp where they served as the President for over 10 years.
Tate Hackert
(Co-Founder)An economics graduate with education from the University of Victoria, Canada, and the City University of Hong Kong. Now they are the Owner of Long Calgary.
Jamie Ha
(Co-Founder & CFO)Former Investment Banker with over 14 years experience, most recently serving as a Managing Director at FirstEnergy Capital.
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