We are seeking candidates for this fully remote role who are based in the greater Chicago area. Grindr employees living and working in the greater Chicago area are encouraged, but not required, to join the Engineering Team in the West Loop Chicago satellite office a few times per month.

What's so interesting about this role?

Our team is growing because our user base is growing - 30% in the last year! We're looking to add a Site Reliability Engineer who will bring their passion for optimizing new and existing systems, building infrastructure and eliminating redundant work through testing and automation. You will have the opportunity to solve challenging problems, work with the latest technologies, collaborate with a kind and capable team, and contribute to a one-of-a-kind app.

If you're tired of responding to calls at all hours for preventable issues, you're going to love this team. We focus on stability and reliability to keep one of the largest social networking sites live and enjoyed by 15M active users 24/7 around the world.

Here's a sneak peek at some of what this team is up to:

500+ EC2 Instances
25k API calls per second
30k Chat system actions per second
Kubernetes
Github Actions / Argo CD
Developer experience tooling
Not being afraid to do it right

In this role, you will work closely with the site reliability team and our engineering leadership to build and maintain a robust, reliable, product, while proactively looking for improvements to our operations ecosystem.

What's the job?

Deployment and support of the full lifecycle of applications running on Amazon Web Services
Support and document high-traffic systems using containers, Kubernetes, and technologies such as Redis, Consul, Elasticsearch, and RabbitMQ
Help develop effective monitoring and response tools to both identify and address reliability risks using Datadog, Pagerduty, Prometheus and similar systems
Engage with Product Engineering teams to triage production outages and carry forward action items
Work with others in the team to build robust systems using auto-scaling and self-healing, and identify risks to keep uptime as high as possible
Write, test and maintain automation tools in Go, Python, or other languages
Practice Security by Design and regular security analysis/auditing of systems
Work with CI/CD tools, such as Github Actions and ArgoCD, to create smooth release and rollback functionality even for complex distributed systems

What we'll love about you:

An excitement and ability to learn about working in high volume, large-scale environments
Clear communication and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with diverse stakeholders and departments.
Ability to work with others to perform root cause analysis on stability and performance related events
Experience with AWS technologies (preferred: EC2, RDS, S3, EKS, Route53, Pinpoint)
Experience with Kubernetes deployments (EKS is a plus)
Experience with alerting and monitoring systems (Datadog is a plus)
Experience with writing code for infrastructure automation (Go, Python, Java)
Experience with distributed system design, implementation, and capacity planning
Passionate about testing software and systems
Infrastructure, information, and network security experience
Experience with Github Actions and integrations for CI/CD
Experience with Terraform
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

We'll really swoon if you have any of:

Experience with database management (MySQL, DynamoDb, Redis)
Experience with EFK stack (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana)
Big Data experience, including Apache Hive, Apache Airflow, Cloudera, Spark, EMR, Kafka

What you'll love about us

Mission and Impact: Grindr is the world-leading LGBTQ social networking service. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ people around the world
Remote First: We have satellite offices in LA, NYC, and Chicago, and are remote first across the US and Canada. More than 30% of our employees work outside of cities where we have satellite offices
Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents
Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the US
Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and equity
Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more
Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, and food, one-time home-office setup stipend, and company-sponsored events

About Grindr

Since launching in 2009, Grindr has grown into the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. We have millions of users who use our location-based technology in almost every country in every corner of the planet.

Today, Grindr proudly represents a modern LGBTQ lifestyle that expands into new platforms. From social issues to original content, we continue to blaze innovative paths with a meaningful impact for our community. At Grindr, we create a safe space where you can discover, navigate, and get zero feet away from the queer world around you.

As of June 2020, Grindr has new owners with a track record of multiple successful Bay Area start-ups. The new leadership is demonstrating a renewed commitment to creating an experience for users that is safe, fun, and productive, as well as a positive & uplifting company culture in which everyone can be their best selves. At the heart of Grindr's mission in this new chapter is a shared set of core values including transparency, accountability, experimentation (failing fast), and strong allegiance to the LGBTQ community.

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer

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Grindr is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, location, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Base Pay Range

$100,000—$160,000 USD