Senior Systems Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

About Spreedly

Spreedly is a leading Payments Orchestration solution, accelerating commerce with an open, secure, and flexible payment platform that welcomes all payment participants. Backed by Spectrum Equity, with a $75M investment, Spreedly is experiencing rapid growth, serving 600 customers globally across various industries.

About the Role

As a Senior Systems Engineer at Spreedly, you will lead ambitious projects, drive deep architectural discussions and decisions, and mentor other team members within the engineering organization. You will be responsible for building and scaling complex cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and durability.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and scale infrastructure for a globally distributed payments orchestration service, processing $4B in payments each month.
Infuse modern DevOps and SRE best practices into the team and broader engineering organization.
Provide leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering a collaborative environment.
Balance improving existing infrastructure with building for the future, recognizing the need to maintain systems that support current operations while planning for growth.
Become an expert in Spreedly infrastructure, diving into the existing tech stack and addressing challenges.
Support PCI compliance through detailed documentation and system diagrams.
Assist in the build-out of a container orchestration platform to support a globally distributed system.
Use Terraform and/or Ansible to deliver infrastructure-as-code solutions.
Troubleshoot and fix system issues, participating in a weekly on-call rotation to support 24/7 API operations.

Requirements

Experience with AWS, building, operating, and scaling systems.
Proficiency in DevOps and/or GitOps, with a solid understanding of CI/CD methods.
Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Nomad.
Knowledge of Amazon Linux and Ubuntu distributions, databases (CockroachDB, Postgres), and middleware infrastructure (Kafka).
Experience with containers and container orchestration (Nomad, Docker).
Programming skills in Python or Go, with a focus or passion for infrastructure.
Excellent written communication skills and a track record of documenting work.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.

We Offer Our US-based Employees

Competitive salary + Equity.
Outstanding Medical and Dental benefits, including 100% employer-paid options.
Employer-paid Life and Disability insurance.
Optional vision and supplemental insurance options, and various Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
Open Paid Time Off policy + 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents.
Matching 401(k) plan (5% up to $5,000 yearly).
Monthly home working/digital lifestyle stipend, new MacBook, and one-time accessory reimbursement.
LinkedIn Learning subscription.
Access to company-paid professional coaching service.
Visits to HQ in Durham, NC for remote employees.

Benefits
Extracted with AI

Competitive salary + Equity
Outstanding Medical and Dental benefits
Employer-paid Life and Disability insurance
Optional vision and supplemental insurance options
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Open Paid Time Off policy
12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
Matching 401(k) plan
Monthly home working/digital lifestyle stipend
New MacBook and one-time accessory reimbursement
LinkedIn Learning subscription
Access to company-paid professional coaching service
Visits to HQ for remote employees

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