Position: Middle DevOps Engineer
Company: VPteam
Category: DevOps
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate
Published: 2023-06-01T00:00:00+03:00

Attention! We are seeking talented and experienced **Middle DevOps Engineers** to join the **LetyShops** engineering team—an international fintech company to create a new B2C product from scratch. We are growing now, building the new customer cashback reality. Join our success!

**Letyshops** is a shopping community. We have saved our users $100M, intending to put Ukraine on the tech map of the world. Now, we're aiming to save users $100M weekly with a new, revolutionary product set to transform shopping worldwide.

**More in Q&A.**

**What are we doing?**
LetyShops is a reputable cashback company that offers a seamless and rewarding shopping experience. With a proven track record of delivering on their promises, LetyShops ensures that customers receive genuine cashback for their purchases. This platform features a wide range of popular retailers, an intuitive browser extension, and a passionate team dedicated to enhancing the cashback experience. LetyShops is committed to transparency, continuously improving their offerings, and empowering users to maximize their savings potential. 
Since 2018 our service has become popular in Spain, Germany, Poland, and some Latin American countries. We continue to explore new markets and strive to get to know the whole world ;)

**How do we do?**
Instead of spending on advertising, stores pay us money to bring in new customers. If a customer buys from one of these stores, we give them a portion of the money back. This is cashback! In this way, the store gets customers, we get our commission, and the client gets the opportunity to get some of his money back for online purchases.

**Perspectives and plans for the company/product?**
We are thrilled to announce the expansion of our company and the exciting opportunity to build three new horizontal teams: Development, Infrastructure, and Machine Learning (ML). These teams will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our platform, elevating our company to new heights, and delivering an unparalleled customer experience.
The Infrastructure team will lay the foundation for our growth and scalability. You will have the unique opportunity to design and implement robust systems that will support our expanding operations. From optimizing performance to ensuring the security and stability of our platform, your contributions will be vital in shaping the future of our company.

**Responsibilities:**
Design and implement strategies and best practices to achieve and maintain high system reliability, availability, scalability, and performance.
Conduct performance analysis and optimization to identify and address bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and potential reliability risks.
Work closely with development teams, product management, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of reliability practices into the software development lifecycle.

**Requirements:**
Good understanding of the principles of reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS.
Experience in containerization technologies such as Docker and basic knowledge of orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
Familiarity with different deployment strategies, such as blue/green, canary deployments, etc.
Ability to set up monitoring systems for maintaining system reliability.
Knowledge of monitoring tools and techniques, including logging, metrics, and basic tracing.
Experience in incident response processes.
Experience in one scripting language will be a plus (Python/Ruby etc.).
Understanding of the benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and basic familiarity with IaC tools.
Familiarity with configuration management tools.
Understanding of optimizing system performance and resource utilization.
Knowledge of load testing and capacity planning strategies.
Proficiency in Computer Science and familiarity with basic engineering patterns.
Understanding of security risks, vulnerabilities, and basic best practices.
Intermediate in English

**What else is important to us about this person?**
We value honesty and independence. Tolerance for lack of processing and uncertainty. Inevitable success and passion grow together.

**Why did you open the position?**
We are building new products and a new business infrastructure unit for this aim.

**Prospects for growth/development for this position?**
A strong blue-collar team with which you will have an excellent opportunity to grow professionally.

**Team size and structure**
DevOps Lead + 2 DevOps Engineers at new Infrastructure team

**Where are the people who make technical decisions on the project?**
Kyiv and Vinnytsia

**Hiring Manager**
Yevhen Kovalevskyi
Pavlo Bromirskiy

**Our benefits or why with us you will feel confidence:**
**Generous time off**: Enjoy 20 working days of annual paid vacation and paid sick leaves to use as needed.
**Flexible working hours**: We understand that life happens, so we offer flexible working hours to help you balance work and personal commitments.
**Remote-friendly**: Work from anywhere with our remote-friendly policy, giving you the freedom to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.
**Language classes**: Improve your language skills with our English classes and speaking clubs, helping you to communicate more effectively with colleagues and partners.
**Education compensation**: We believe in investing in our employees' growth, which is why we offer 50% compensation for external education to help you develop new skills and further your career.
**Cashback benefits**: Get more for your money with our X2 cashback on letyshops.com.
**Cozy office**: Our workspace is designed to help you feel comfortable and productive, where you can easily find everything for work, rest, and leisure.
**Growth opportunities**: We believe in helping our employees reach their full potential, which is why we offer opportunities for growth and development within the company`s fast-paced environment
**Employment** - through the Дія.Сity in Ukraine and B2B type of contract in Europe location
 
**How many stages of the interview, and with whom?**
1. Interview with a recruiter - 30-45 min.
2. Technical interview with CTO - 45 min.
3. System design interview + team - 60-90 min.
4. Reference check.
5. Interview with CEO - 1 hour.

**Additional details:**
● Is there a test assignment? - No
● Is the interview in English? - No
● Who reviews resumes? - CTO, VP of Engineering.