Senior Platform Engineer
About the OpportunityPlatform Engineering at MoonPay is responsible for providing a resilient, secure, production-ready platform that enables MoonPay to safely deploy applications and services in a self-serve, repeatable manner. We believe that Platform Engineers should support both our product delivery and operational teams by surfacing data from our production environment and driving meaningful change based on what we learn from it.What you'll doIn the short term we need to increase the resiliency and reliability of our current PaaS solution with things such as:Improving the maintainability of our infrastructure as codeBuilding dashboards, monitoring & alerting mechanisms with DatadogLoad testing and performance tuning our production servicesLifecycling and maintenance of our Kubernetes clustersIn the medium to long term you'll get to:Implement new and shiny technologies on top of Kubernetes as you see fit to ensure our tech can scale with the business.Develop and integrate solutions with a bias for automation in order to improve and maintain reliability across the production estate and make recovery easier.Design and track metrics for site uptime and performance ensuring high levels of visibility are maintained.Own the deployment pipelines and continuously improve our monitoring and alerting capabilities.Collaborate closely with all other engineering functions to provide timely feedback from our environments.Support Engineering on their journey to deliver better software, faster and more safely (think "It's OK to deploy on Fridays" ).About youYou have strong systems administration skills, know the difference between a container and a virtual machine, and know your way around a Linux terminalYou have platform engineering/SRE experience at leading startups or fast growing tech companiesYou have either had experience with some of our tech stack or are confident you can cross train and up skill quicklyYou have experience working in a regulated industryYou are confident working with and guiding developers on monitoring and logging of complex systems at scaleYou have worked on complex projectsYou reflexively reach for AI agents to assist in researching and solving your problemsYou can work collaboratively with different teams i.e. Security, Data, EngineeringYou want to forge and own MoonPays reliability & recovery processesYou've got at least a basic understanding of complex reliability structures, theories, principles, and best practicesYou have worked with JavaScript codebases and frameworks e.g Typescript, Node.JS and ReactResearch has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have solid experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel you only are a 75% match. Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot.Current Tech StackTypescript as our programming language of choiceNode.js as our backend platformTypeORM, TypeDI, TypeGraphQL and routing-controllers as our backend librariesReact and NextJS hosted on Vercel as our frontendGoogle Cloud Platform to host our servicesPostgres as our core databaseRedis for cachingBull to manage background tasksDataDog for logging and monitoringArgoCD for continuous deployment on KubernetesGitHub to manage our source codeJest to run our testsBenefits & PerksCompetitive salary packageEquity package: We believe financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPayPay for performance equity bonus: Those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewardsMoonshot award. We honor exceptional impact - 10 employees twice a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant.Unlimited holidays: We give you the autonomy to choose when to work (and when to switch off)Hybrid working schedule: Work fully remotely or your nearest Moonbase, the choice is yoursPrivate Healthcare benefits: To protect you and your loved onesEnhanced parental leave: So you can spend more time with your loved ones without a second thoughtAnnual training budget: We support your training journey every step of the wayHome office setup allowance: Create the home office of your dreamsRemote working allowance: Those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilitiesMonthly budget to spend on our products and zero fee crypto transactions: Cultivate your inner DEGENEmployee referral programme: Great people know great people, refer them to receive 10K in USDCRegular remote company offsites: Meet your colleagues regularly for high impact in person sessions and hackathonsWorking in a disruptive and fast-growing company where excellence is rewardedCommitment To DiversityAt MoonPay we believe that every voice matters. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work, and experience a culture that is free of harassment, racism, and discrimination. That's why we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are a proud equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including, but not limited to, hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, and leave of absence.MoonPay is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. Please inform our Talent Team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.222.704 - 234.425 USD a year#J-18808-Ljbffr