Mountain View, CA, Hybrid

Job Summary

The DevOps Team is responsible for the platform, tools, and infrastructure supporting Samsung Private Cloud’s (SPC) customer-facing products. We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager, DevOps Team (Mountain View CA) who shares and practices our values: open communication, transparency, taking ownership, and a high level of craftsmanship.

As the Software Engineering Manager, DevOps Team, you will be leading a team developing tools to create and maintain cloud infrastructure, automate the management of complex service-oriented applications, databases, and other tools, and develop frameworks to ensure the SPC’s stability and scalability.

We are looking for a self-starter who lives and breathes SLIs and SLOs for products and services. You enjoy solving deep technical problems as much as you enjoy mentoring your team to do the same and working cross-functionally throughout the organization to grow our collective skills.

In this role, you will be a hands-on leader, leading a diverse, globally remote team by providing technical guidance and removing blockers to achieve goals. Under your leadership, your team will partner with developers to continuously improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiencies, not to mention you will play a key role in shaping the engineering and company culture at Joyent.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support SPC’s cloud infrastructure, leveraging automation and infrastructure-as-code

• Build tools to empower self-service for SPC development teams, bolster platform scalability and availability, and improve security posture in service to SPC’s customers

• Partner with product developers to build services according to modern design patterns

• Recruit, manage, mentor, and scale a team of passionate engineers

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with engineers, managers, and other colleagues based on trust, empathy, and technical expertise

Skills & Competencies

• Ownership -Take ownership of projects, ensuring excellence in execution and accountability for results. Foster a sense of responsibility and pride in delivering high-quality work

• Innovation - Drive innovation by proposing and implementing creative solutions to challenges. Stay abreast of industry trends and technologies, bringing fresh ideas to the table

• Customer focus - Understand and prioritize customer needs, striving to exceed expectations in every interaction. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of customer-centric solutions

• Teamwork - Embrace a collaborative and inclusive approach, working seamlessly with colleagues to achieve common goals

Education & Experience

• Previous professional experience in a DevOps/SRE role

• Experience building and managing highly available cloud infrastructure and services

• Deep understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability platforms, and a passion for SLI and SLO best practices

• Experience managing a production infrastructure/Software including 24/7 on call

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, Helm, Vault, and Ansible

• Experience creating and working with containers and leveraging container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Nomad

• Experience developing CI/CD workflows

• Experience in managing a team and demonstrating ability to lead by influence

• Strong development experience in Go, Python, Bash, and/or other programming languages

• BS in engineering or relevant technical degree

• Cloud Certification is a plus

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation for this position will vary among specific regions due to geographical differentials in the labor market, and actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills, experience, and comparison to other employees in the role. Therefore, the annual base compensation range for this role (depending on the geographical location) is expected to be between $140000 to $200000.

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Vacation and Sick leave, electronic reimbursement and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for bonus compensation based on individual, department, and company performance.

About Joyent

Joyent, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung, is the open cloud company. Joyent builds technology, at the pinnacle of scale, performance, stability, and security to accelerate the transformation toward the mobile and cloud-centric world. Joyent designs, builds and manages market competitive cloud computing solutions and services for Samsung Electronics and its partners at global scale.

How To Apply

To apply, please submit a brief introduction, a copy of your resume, and a link to your Github or LinkedIn profile to jobs@joyent.com with Software Engineering Manager, DevOps Team in the subject. We are an equal-opportunity employer, building a diverse and inclusive team. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.

Joyent is committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.