{"id":6523,"date":"2021-03-21T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/?p=6523"},"modified":"2021-03-22T22:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T03:20:34","slug":"were-hiring-devops-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/were-hiring-devops-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re hiring: DevOps Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DevOps Engineer<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swappa.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swappa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a user-to-user marketplace for consumer tech, including smartphones, laptops, video games, and smart home tech. Since our launch in 2010 we\u2019ve helped millions of buyers and sellers get the best value. In 2021 we\u2019ll help our users drive over $100M worth of commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swappa\u2019s <\/span><b>DevOps Engineer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will work to maintain application reliability while working to improve overall performance working heavily within AWS, Ubuntu, GitHub, Python and Django, to achieve these goals. This position will work closely with our development and QA teams to ensure smooth code deployments and provide the tools necessary to complete their tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Technologies:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Web Services, including EC2, RDS, ElasticSearch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ubuntu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Python (2.7\/3.x)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Django (1.11, 2.x)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celery<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MySQL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nginx<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a full-time, remote, work-from-almost-anywhere in the US role. Swappa is a distributed team spread out all over the world, but <\/span><b>this position requires US residency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Experience working with a remote team is a huge plus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Responsibilities:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help manage AWS infrastructure to support commerce<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help manage and configure Ubuntu servers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assist with Python code deployments from GitHub repositories<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Configure new servers as necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contribute to our codebase<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitor and maintain application reliability, security, and performance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though we\u2019ve been around a while, are bootstrapped and profitable, Swappa still operates a lot like a startup. Everyone on our team wears many hats and does whatever it takes to get the job done. Egos are left at the door and the phrase \u201cthat\u2019s not my job\u201d never flies here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Expectations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Python programming proficiency, Django experience a big plus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bash programming proficiency<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MySQL proficiency and performance understanding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon AWS experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ubuntu Server experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nginx experience in configuration and performance tuning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must be motivated, responsible and autonomous to be successful at Swappa. If you\u2019re looking to be dropped into structured corporate machinery with year-long plans and big, predefined budgets, this is not the job for you. On the other hand, if you like the idea of working remotely for a small company with big aspirations this may be a great opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are seeking someone who can work both independently and as an integral part of a close-knit team to support the technical side of our rapidly growing marketplace. While Swappa insists on good work-life balance, due to the nature of the role and the culture of the company, this position will require occasional availability at odd hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swappa is expanding our development team to help us drive more commerce. Let us know if you think you can help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APPLY HERE: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swappa.wufoo.com\/forms\/swappa-devops-engineer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/swappa.wufoo.com\/forms\/swappa-devops-engineer\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DevOps Engineer Swappa is a user-to-user marketplace for consumer tech, including smartphones, laptops, video games, and smart home tech. Since our launch in 2010 we\u2019ve helped millions of buyers and sellers get the best value. In 2021 we\u2019ll help our users drive over $100M worth of commerce. 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