Our SeatMe Site Reliability Engineers are responsible for all production systems for the Yelp SeatMe product, collaborating with the rest of the engineers to make the SeatMe product scream. You’ll work in both the dev and systems worlds, instrumenting key parts of core architecture and supporting devs as they try to do the same. We’re looking for a true hacker * you’ll work in everything from bash to Ruby to Python, and you’ll drop into some C now and then. You’ll implement monitoring and alerting systems to support site stability and performance. You’ll proactively scale our infrastructure to meet ever-increasing demand. You’ll make sure that when something goes bump in the night, someone hears it. And you’ll play a key role in keeping Yelp fast, available and growing.You will

  • Work closely with developers in supporting new features and services
  • Monitor site stability and performance
  • Scale infrastructure to meet demand
  • Troubleshoot site issues
  • Develop custom tools as necessary
  • Document system design and procedures

  • Participate in light on-call rotation Requirements

  • Mastery of Linux or Unix
  • Command of your favorite modern programming language: Python, Ruby, Java, C++, etc.
  • Solid understanding of fundamental technologies like TCP/IP, HTTP
  • Knowledge of best practices related to security, performance, and disaster recovery
  • Strong scripting skills in the presence of flying darts
  • Experience with web server configuration, monitoring, trending, network design, high availability
  • Excellent communication skills

  • A sense of humor! Pluses

  • PostgreSQL experience (high availability, scale-out replication)
  • Splunk experience, especially experience with splunk clustering
  • Experience using Chef for systems automation
  • Experience at a large-scale consumer internet site
  • Ubuntu distribution familiarity Yelp values diversity. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition or disability. Note: Yelp does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Yelp is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Desired Skills and Experience

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