Vine is the entertainment network where the world’s stories are captured, created and remixed. Day after day, we see the impact of Vine extend beyond our phones and prove Vine is much more than just an app. The stories shared on Vine spark new trends, influence culture and reach millions of people around the world.

As a Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineering) at Vine you will be working to improve the reliability and performance of our API/frontend services. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with our engineering teams to design and build the next generation of web applications and systems infrastructure, focusing on automation, availability and performance, and above all efficiency at ‘reach every user on the planet’ scale. We have a wide range of opportunities for varying skill levels and experience.

Responsibilities

  • Work in engineering team to design, build, and maintain systems
  • Write scripts to monitor and automate processes
  • Troubleshoot issues across the entire stack
  • hardware, software, application and network
  • Take part in a 24x7 on-call rotation

  • Participate in code reviews for projects written in Scala built on open source librariesQualifications

  • 2+ years industry experience as Software engineer
  • 3+ years of experience in Internet scale Unix environments
  • Demonstrable knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, web application security, and experience in multi-tier web application architectures
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently

  • Track record of practical problem solving, excellent communication, and documentation skillsDesired

  • Ability to lead technical teams through designs and implementations across an organization
  • Hands-on experience in building event driven backend systems on JVM with Java or Scala
  • Practical knowledge of shell scripting and at least one scripting language (Python, Ruby, Perl)
  • Experience with existing open source projects such as Mesos, Hadoop, Scribe, Zookeeper, and containerization of existing applications.
  • B.S. in computer science or similar field

Desired Skills and Experience

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