Senior Production Engineer

Lightspark
United States
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward senior engineers comfortable with infrastructure scaling and cross-functional collaboration, with a preference for candidates familiar with cloud technologies and open financial systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in production engineering and a background in building scalable systems
    — “5+ years of Production / Site Reliability / DevOps Engineering
  • Individuals who have experience in infrastructure-as-code and cloud platforms like AWS
    — “Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code solutions (i.e. AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.)
  • Engineers who can contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and solve complex problems
    — “We're looking for engineers who thrive in entrepreneurial environments, enjoy writing and shipping code fast, and can help us build out a great culture of engineering excellence

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be willing to relocate to Los Angeles or travel there monthly for in-person work
    — “Openness to relocate to Los Angeles, California, or ability to travel to the LA office on a monthly basis working remotely
  • The role includes on-call responsibilities and debugging complex issues
    — “Joining the on-call rotation, supporting the Software Engineers, and debugging the hardest problems

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to build and optimize core infrastructure for new features
    — “Building and optimizing core infrastructure to support new features and functionality
  • Emphasize your collaborative skills and ability to work across technical and non-technical teams
    — “Experience communicating and collaborating across technical and other cross functional teams
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Designed and scaled production services
  • Optimized infrastructure for new features
Typical background
Experience in production engineeringTrack record of successful infrastructure projects

Skills & requirements

Required

Production EngineeringSite Reliability EngineeringCloud InfrastructureMonitoringLogging

Preferred

Database ManagementSecurityDevops Culture

Stack & domain

PythonAWSKubernetesTerraformCollaborationLearningGrowthHighly Collaborative EnvironmentBuilding And Optimizing Core InfrastructureOn-call RotationDebuggingSupporting The Software EngineersProductionSite ReliabilityDevOpsInfrastructureCloud InfrastructureInfrastructure-as-codeMonitoringLoggingDatabase AccessAuthentication

About the role

Original posting from Lightspark via Ashby

Lightspark is creating the Money Grid, modern, open financial infrastructure that makes payments accessible, affordable, and instant for businesses and users worldwide. We're challenging the status quo, updating the current system, and empowering our partners to build better solutions. Together, we're building the most advanced financial infrastructure, open, instant, and global, inspiring a future where anyone, anywhere can access the full potential of digital money.

We are looking for engineers who thrive in entrepreneurial environments, enjoy writing and shipping code fast, and can help us build out a great culture of engineering excellence. We’re looking for people who are passionate about building world-changing software and solving complex problems to further our mission, as well as having fun along the way. As a Production Engineer, you’ll build and integrate new experiences for Lightspark’s customers, and optimize the performance, scalability, and reliability of Lightspark infrastructure.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

  • Designing, building, scaling, securing and maintaining production services
  • Writing or improving code frameworks (e.g. monitoring, logging, database access, authentication)
  • Desire to learn and grow in a highly collaborative environment
  • Building and optimizing core infrastructure to support new features and functionality
  • Joining the on-call rotation, supporting the Software Engineers, and debugging the hardest problems

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

  • 5+ years of Production / Site Reliability / DevOps Engineering
  • Experience writing high quality and well tested code
  • Experience communicating and collaborating across technical and other cross functional teams
  • CS degree, or equivalent is ideal but not required. We appreciate and acknowledge that some of the best talent comes from non-traditional backgrounds.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code solutions (i.e. AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.)
  • Experience programming in high-level languages such as Python is preferred
  • Openness to relocate to Los Angeles, California, or ability to travel to the LA office on a monthly basis working remotely

Lightspark is on a mission to build the future of open, instant, and global financial infrastructure making payments accessible and affordable for everyone, everywhere. We're committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace to reflect the customers we serve. We welcome interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share our mission. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the State of California Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Source: Lightspark careers (Ashby)

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