Klaviyo is looking to solve the problem of ensuring uninterrupted service for its customers and acting as a force multiplier for its product teams to deliver better software faster.
Requirements
- Solid 10+ years of experience in the SRE/Devops field
- Understanding of Linux (we run Ubuntu) and all layers of the networking stack
- Experience working on an engineering team building software
- Experience writing code using best practices in a language such as Python, Ruby, Go, etc.
- You’ve already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you’re excited to dive in and learn fast
- Familiarity with technologies such as AWS, Django, Kubernetes, Bash, Terraform, MySQL, Redis, Postgresql
- Ability to handle yourself in outage situations and to drive failures to root cause analysis and prevention of future issues
Responsibilities
- Ship foundational services to enable Klaviyo engineering to move faster with confidence
- Design and develop systems and processes that enable highly available & scalable systems
- Uncover and advocate for preventative, upstream solutions with internal stakeholders
- Own the technical vision and roadmap for your area, working with stakeholders to solve pain points and deliver value to engineering
- Achieve break-throughs in systems throughput by identifying and eliminating bottlenecks
- Leverage technology such as Python, AWS, Django, Kubernetes, Bash, Terraform, MySQL, Redis, Postgresql to advance Klaviyo’s platform
- Champion best practices by actively collaborating with other teams in a culture that values whiteboarding and technical design review
Other
- BA or BS Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience
- Ability to handle yourself in outage situations and to drive failures to root cause analysis and prevention of future issues
- Participate in periodic on call duties with a focus on solving issues when they are discovered, preventing recurrences and minimizing alert fatigue
- Contribute to the company in multiple areas, constantly pushing yourself to be a better engineer and to level up all of your peers within your team and within Klaviyo
- Travel requirements not specified
