Teespring (YC W13) Is Hiring a DevOps Lead
Teespring is a platform that makes it easy for anyone to create and sell high-quality products people love, with no cost or risk. Teespring powers all aspects of bringing merchandise to life from production and manufacturing to supply chain, logistics, and customer service.

A graduate of the Winter 2013 class Y-Combinator and backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures, Teespring launched in 2012 and has helped its users sell over 12 million shirts in more than 80 countries.

WHAT DOES OUR TEAM DO?

The DevOps team focuses on creating high quality automation and deployment systems with scalability and reliability at the core. We have multiple engineering sites: USA - SF, KY, RI, UK - London, and India. The DevOps team creates continuity between all locations and boosts the efficiency of our operations.

WHAT IS THE JOB?

The job is to lead others with the ability to get your hands dirty as an individual contributor. Operating in a technology environment with strong scripting (Ruby, Python, Bash), 100+ Linux Servers, Cloud Hosting (AWS), Configuration Management Tools (Chef, Puppet, OpsWorks), Postgres and MySQL, and ROR web app frameworks.

We need someone to take our DevOps organization worldwide this year. Your objective is to reduce any engineering inefficiencies by building out 24/7 support for multiple engineering sites; to start: a migration plan for moving from Heroku to AWS, redundancy for key systems, DB health optimization and scaling, a business continuity/disaster recovery plan, five minute code deploys/rollbacks, and add support for isolated engineering environments (Docker/Vagrant). Additionally you’ll work hand in hand with the developers as we move into a micro services architecture (SOA), building out the infrastructure so we can decouple and scale.

We want people with the ability to bring new ideas to help drive innovation. Our employee philosophy: IDEAS - Innovative, Deliver, Empower, Authentic, Scrappy.

If you are successful in this role, a year from now you will:
Execute on prioritized roadmap, building out a high efficiency devops structure
Solved redundancies, optimized efficiencies, and made significant progress to scaling the environment
Lead, train, and mentor team member(s)

WHAT DO WE NEED?
Leadership of a team/environment managing code and architecture
Individual contributor who can can code, create high level strategy, and migrate systems
Ownership of projects and collaboration with multiple engineering sites
In-depth knowledge of DevOps tools, AWS, coding/scripting, disaster recovery, scaling, servers

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

Happiness is just as important to us as hard work. All startups in San Francisco offer the same perks, but what makes us different is our desire to completely change how the world thinks about apparel and custom commerce. That being said, here are the benefits you will receive:
Working with talented, collaborative, and entrepreneurial teams
Medical, dental and vision insurance for you, your family, or pet
Unlimited paid time off and 9 paid holidays
Generous stock options
Free catered lunch and dinner daily
Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, and bar
Training, career development, and tech talks/ meetup hosting
Fun SOMA office with easy access to Muni, Bart, and Caltrain with commuter benefits
Macbooks and Thunderbolt monitors
Social activities, office happy hours, concerts, game room, and endless free t-shirts!

Please email your resume to ashley.hearn@teespring.com