Developer Operations (DevOps) at Ripple is responsible for communication, collaboration and integration between the Development and Operations teams so infrastructures, tools and processes are streamlined and effective for faster and automated delivery of products.

The Staff Software Engineer, DevOps will contribute in discovery, design and implementation of solutions to improve infrastructure and release pipelines. These solutions will include developer infrastructure, production infrastructure layout & maintenance, capacity & load testing, CI/CD infrastructure and release process automation. You will push the boundaries with new tools and technologies and use a data-driven approach for achieving desired results. Candidates should enjoy working openly and collaboratively with a diverse team and possess an ability to encourage and drive engineering best practices.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Develop, deploy, and maintain Ripple’s multi-region, multi-provider service platforms
• Contribute design and development of tools for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiency
• Lead discovery of next generation solutions and work with wider engineering teams on implementation, adoption and continuous improvements
• Create and automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, leveraging data to converge on declared states with minimal human interaction
• Collaborate with product engineering to ensure code is production-ready
• Participate in the adoption of DevOps-first principles within the organization

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: 

• 6 years of hands-on experience as DevOps or related roles
• Strong experience in either Python, Go, or Java
• Experience working with large scale, multi-region service platforms
• Expertise in Kubernetes and experience working with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
• Experience with container schedulers and runtimes such as Docker, Rkt, or OCI running on Kubernetes, Rancher, or Mesos
• Experience building deployment pipelines leveraging common CI/CD tools
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, etc)
• Security awareness, with an emphasis on designing for security best practices
• Experience with Agile development of distributed services, with a focus on robust software design, scalability and security
• A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge