Sr. Platform Engineer
Company: Quizlet
Location: New York
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WA; San
Francisco, CATechnical Infrastructure - Platform Engineering
/Full-time /HybridAbout Quizlet:Inspired by our belief that anyone
can learn anything and powered by our own curiosity, we build the
smartest tools we can imagine to help students learn. - -Quizlet is
the popular, global learning platform and app that millions of
students, teachers and everyday people use to study any subject
imaginable for school, work or as part of their personal interests
-- including two-thirds of high school students and half of all
college students in the US. Combining cognitive science and machine
learning, Quizlet guides students through adaptive study activities
to confidently reach their learning goals. We're on track to become
the undisputed leader in user-generated learning content and
engagement, at the scale of YouTube. - -Valued at $1 billion,
Quizlet has raised over $60 million in venture capital from
investors including Icon Ventures, Union Square Ventures, General
Atlantic, Costanoa Ventures, Owl Ventures, and Altos Ventures. -
-To serve our global community of learners, our teams tackle lofty
technical challenges and design for use cases across cultures and
languages. We work hard, act like owners, and collaborate every
chance we get. We're energized by the potential to power more
learners through multiple approaches and various tools.About the
Team:Quizlet's Platform Engineering team gets big things done. We
are a team of curious individuals with experience in software
engineering, distributed systems, site reliability, traffic
shaping, developer experience, and all things backend. We love to
solve scaling challenges as code and strive to build resilient
distributed systems that scale while enabling feature velocity. We
build, evolve and operate tools, frameworks and infrastructure that
handle application delivery from source to production. -Currently,
we run production in Kubernetes and continue to modernize other
parts of the infrastructure using cloud-native technologies. To
automate application delivery and all things infrastructure we
follow the gitOps philosophy to perform continuous delivery and
infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. We follow Agile development
methodologies to plan our projects. -Quizlet embraces a philosophy
of service ownership by empowering service developers to build
highly observable, reliable, and resilient services.About the
Role:As a Sr. Platform Engineer, you will be working on strategic
projects to figure out solutions to continue making our systems
more resilient as we move to a service-oriented architecture. This
role requires a strong partnership with the Product Engineering and
Technical Infrastructure teams. You'll be working on strategic
projects aiming to increase service reliability, improve
observability, and safe/rapid service delivery while ensuring
feature velocity and cost efficiency. An enabler of repeatable
processes, you will contribute to building, extending, or improving
existing tools and frameworks that not only reduce toil but also
enable Quizlet teams to perform tasks more swiftly, securely, and
reliably.This is a hybrid role based out of our Denver, Los
Angeles, New York, Seattle, and San Francisco office.In this role,
you will:Collaborate on projects for larger initiatives that enable
Quizlet's growthContribute to key projects that solve feature
velocity, scaling, performance, and infrastructure problems.Improve
our ability to understand and respond to the performance of our
systemsEnhance service insights and observability that tell us
details about our traffic patternsUse a combination of skills in
systems and software engineering, configuration management, and
networking to build and run distributed, fault-tolerant software
systems and infrastructure to create reusable services and
modularized infrastructure componentsDrive automation to reduce
toilBe in the thick of solving problems of running systems at
scaleSupport production by participating in an on-call rotation
-What you bring to the table:5+ years of experience as a Platform
Engineering building and enabling the creation of scalable,
observable and resilient distributed services in cloud native
infrastructure environmentsYou feel energized by solving unique
problems -Passionate about automation and building resilient
productsEnthusiasm building software and system integrations to
bridge the gaps between our core infrastructure and the software we
deliver to our customersProficiency with containers, Kubernetes and
TerraformYou are fluent in at least one of our languages (GoLang
and/or Python) and willing to dive into other ones, as
neededFamiliarity with incident management/response best practices
with large scale distributed systemsSystematic problem-solving
approach, coupled with good communication skills and a strong sense
of ownershipAbility to work across team boundaries to identify and
solve pain points that affect engineering velocity, system
resilience, system/service performanceBonus points if you
have:Significant production experience with Kubernetes at very
large scaleFamiliarity using service mesh implementations with a
proxy (Istio, LinkerD, Consul Connect, Envoy)Expertise in building
platforms that enable services to be delivered via software to
enable Product teams to be self sufficient and operate the services
they ownFamiliarity with Hashicorp products like TFCloudProficiency
with Google Cloud PlatformExposure to gRPC, distributed tracing,
microservicesCompensation, Benefits & Perks:Quizlet is an equal
opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to
creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary
transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it
comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this
role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of
$125,000 - $185,000, depending on location and experience, as well
as company stock optionsCollaborate with your manager and team to
create a healthy work-life balance20 vacation days (and we expect
you to take them!)Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
(100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, HMO, VSP
Choice)Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company matchAccess to
LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional
growthPaid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, Wellness
benefits40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in
volunteer programs of choiceWe strive to make everyone feel
comfortable and welcome! -We work to create a holistic interview
process, where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to
view what it would be like to work together, in exploring a
mutually beneficial partnership.We provide a transparent setting,
that gives a comprehensive view of who we are! - -In Closing:We
hope you are excited about everything you read so far. We highly
encourage you to apply for this position, even if you feel you do
not meet all the requirements. Quizlet is always looking for
amazing folks that believe in our mission and can contribute to our
team in various ways - not merely candidates that fit a certain
mold.We have a bias for action, take initiative, and take pride in
delivering results. We make informed decisions whenever possible
but are unafraid to take calculated risks on great ideas to promote
learning. We embrace challenges and see effort as the path to
mastery. We're constantly seeking opportunities to learn and we
embrace curiosity. Quality matters at Quizlet, and we hold the bar
high on everything we do.We treat each other with honesty and
respect, encourage vigorous debate, and seek critical feedback. We
value diversity, humility, transparency, and collaboration as the
best paths to our success - as individuals, as a team, and as a
company.Quizlet's success as an online learning community depends
on a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are
actively working to build a team that is representative of the
diverse communities we serve, and an open, inclusive work
environment where all employees can thrive. As an equal opportunity
employer and a tech company committed to societal change, we
welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women, people of color,
members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and
veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us!To All
Recruiters and Placement Agencies:At this time Quizlet does not
accept unsolicited agency resumes and/or profiles. -Please do not
forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet
employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any third-party agency or
firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with
unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be
considered the property of Quizlet.
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