Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, FLYR
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AI-powered purpose-built technology for travel & transportation
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AI-powered purpose-built technology for travel & transportation
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To relentlessly apply advanced and intuitive technologies that help transportation leaders unlock their ultimate potential.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in public cloud infrastructure, proficient in AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- They will also have a strong background in DevOps practices, such as CI/CD and automation.The responsibilities include monitoring computer systems and building alerts for various operational issues that computer systems and services can experience
- Minimum 6+ years of Cloud Engineer working experience
- Proficiency in AWS and/or GCP. Candidates should be comfortable working in a multi-cloud environment or migrating workloads between providers
- Significant experience writing Hashicorp Terraform configurations and modules for enterprise environments
- Hands-on experience (preferably with GitHub Actions) for building and managing CI/CD pipelines and repositories
- Experience in DevOps and GitOps models with infra-as-code, config-as-code, policy-as-code, etc
- Proficient in translating designs into fully developed Terraform code
- Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and cloud security
- Experience in enterprise-scale environments, building highly available IaaS and PaaS solutions
- Experience with Cloud Cost Management (FinOps) and resource optimization strategies
- Understanding of landing zones, cloud-native security, monitoring and logging tools, and Well-Architected Framework principles
- Experience with containers related technologies – Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Helm, etc
- Experience in programming and infra-automation tools – Terraform, Python, etc. Experience with .NET is a plus
- Experience in Cloud logging, monitoring, and observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Google Cloud Operations, Datadog)
- Proficient in at least one scripting language (i.e. Bash, Python)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work in a global team
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to join our team and develop software systems and automated solutions for provisioning and maintaining the infrastructure
- The Cloud Platforms Engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining the automated infrastructure for our cloud platforms
- This includes provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of cloud resources using Terraform
- At FLYR, this will entail various pipeline services such as, but not limited to data ingestion, machine learning, web applications, etc
- You will work with our engineering teams to ensure our organization can continue to deliver products and services in our cloud infrastructure environment using concepts like Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Collaborate with Software Development teams, Product Managers, and Business Owners to ensure smooth deployment and operation of systems
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large and small-scale systems
- Automate tools to monitor system health and reliability to support business process requirements
- Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure costs, implementing FinOps best practices to ensure efficient resource utilization without compromising performance
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments
- Communicate status and risks to the product teams
- Help automate and streamline operations and processes
- Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations
Our take
The airline industry generates hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, yet many airlines have traditionally relied on basic methods to decide ticket prices. FLYR changes this by using advanced AI to help airlines predicts demand and set smarter prices. Its platform analyses a wide range of data like bookings, search behaviour, available seats, weather, and promotions, to help airlines earn more from each flight.
After proving it could increase airline revenue by more than 5%, FLYR expanded its product to support the needs of larger and more complex airline customers. Major carriers such as JetBlue, Azul, and Virgin Atlantic now use FLYR's technology, with Virgin Atlantic reporting double-digit gains in revenue from seat selection and add-on services.
FLYR has also been growing beyond airlines. Through acquisitions like Pace Revenue, it has brought its pricing technology into hotels and other parts of the travel industry. Backed by significant funding raised in 2024, the company is positioning itself as a central technology provider for how travel companies price, sell, and manage their products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2024
$225m
SERIES D
Sep 2021
$150m
SERIES C
Total funding: $390.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Retirement with company-match to support your investments
- Generous PTO
- A dedicated learning budget to support everyone’s growth
- Home office reimbursements
- Perks include modern offices stocked with snacks and beverages, lunch reimbursements, and social events
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alex Mans
(Founder & CEO)Serial entrepreneur who founded successful startups in the Network Security and HealthTech space in Amsterdam before founding FLYR Labs.
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