About the job
We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our founding team! You’ll work with directly with our CTO and engineering team to architect and develop scalable microservices to serve billions of requests around the globe to hundreds of APIs and integrations. You’ll be responsible for auditing and improving application performance and security, architecting communication between microservices, and improving system reliability.
You'll work with us in our beautiful, dog-friendly office in West LA. If you're currently based somewhere else in the US, we can sponsor your relocation to Los Angeles or work together remotely.
About Paragon
Paragon is an embedded integration platform for SaaS apps - we enable companies to build products that integrate with the SaaS ecosystem. With Paragon, software companies can integrate with hundreds of different SaaS apps in minutes while providing their customers with a seamless, unified integration experience. Our vision is to build the connecting layer for all software that enables every application in the world to work together seamlessly.
In the last year, we've grown by over 6x and now work with nearly 100 customers around the world. We've raised over $3.5M from world-class investors like Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, and Village Global, and have been featured in Techcrunch and Forbes.
What you'll do
Architect and build apis to communicate between microservices
Manage database entities and write migrations for changes
Optimize workflow runtime for Paragon’s workflow engine
Audit and maintain application security
Build and maintain application diagrams
Monitor application logs and report issues
Languages, libraries and tools
Node.js
TypeScript
NestJS
React (Next.js)
Postgres
Redis
Kafka
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
You should have
Knowledge of microservice architecture, distributed systems and streaming architecture
Experience writing unit and end-to-end tests
Confidence working in a high-autonomy, fast-paced environment where you’ll be responsible for decisions that influence the direction of the company
A passion for learning, winning and building amazing products that people love using
5+ years experience with Node.js, Java or Go
2+ years working on products with 10,000+ DAUs
Bonus points if you have
Experience with the NestJS server framework
Frontend web development experience with React + Redux
Experience building new products from the ground up at an early stage venture-backed company
We'll provide
New laptop/equipment of your choice
Top of the line health, dental, and vision insurance
Unlimited PTO
Annual team retreats
Relocation to LA