Overview

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance applies the latest technology and best engineering practices to help businesses grow. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Engagement Details

We're the marketplace that connects leading retail brands to surplus distribution partners. We combine real-time data with intelligent solutions to help brands distribute their surplus inventory across online and brick & mortar channels. By providing transparency, accuracy, and scalability, our platform serves as the backbone for retailers to diversify and optimize their inventory lifecycle. We are an early-stage startup with amazing traction, and we're moving with velocity! As a member of the team you'll have a direct impact on shaping the future of the company.

Define the implementation of best practices of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for our platform We're looking for a DevOps Engineer who loves solving complex problems. You will be responsible for managing our cloud-based infrastructure to ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our applications and services. You will work within the Engineering team to build and optimize our CI/CD pipelines, improve our performance, optimize our spend, and proactively monitor the environment to ensure seamless operation. This role offers an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact on our growing organization and to contribute to the success of our cutting-edge products.

What’s in it for you

1. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company

2. Learn from the best engineers. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.

3. Flexible hours. Just join daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings. Other than that you’re in control of your own schedule

4. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.

5. Work on challenging problems, innovate, impacting lots of people's lives for the better while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 8+ years of full-time hands-on DevOps experience.
• 5+ years of experience with IaC.
• 5+ years of experience working with AWS.
• Ability to define the deployment process.
• Experience creating different environments for engineers.
• Ability to streamline the local dev environment setup.

Nice to haves

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, and the latest technologies to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years so you are able to evolve your career with the company you are currently working in.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100 by the end of the year. The current client size team is 75+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What happens if the engagement is completed?

Most of our engagements are long-term in nature. That said, if the current engagement is ramping down, we’ll present you with more long-term opportunities to transition into.

What are your core values?

Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.

Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.

Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.