About Socket
Founded in 2021, Socket Labs is a tech startup building infrastructure to make it easy for developers and users to interact and compose across chains/rollups via our unique chain-abstraction protocol. We are a small team of 20-30 people and intend to remain as small as possible for as long as possible. Our sole focus is creating impact for the end users and developers. We have done multiple funding rounds and are backed by marquee investors including Framework Ventures, Nascent Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Archetype, Lightspeed Ventures, and notable angels like Mark Cuban.
About the role
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our infrastructure team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure to support our applications and services. You will work closely with our engineering and product teams to ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of software, while maintaining the highest standards of security and performance.
What you’ll do
- You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure that powers our backend and services
- You will ensure the security of our infrastructure by implementing industry best practices, conducting regular security audits, and proactively addressing vulnerabilities
- You will create and manage continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline our software development process and ensure smooth and efficient delivery of updates
- You will implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions to track system health, performance, and security, enabling proactive issue detection and resolution
- You will troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues promptly, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on users, and maintaining high availability and reliability.
Who you are
- You write clean, scalable, and well-tested code, and are comfortable working with complex systems and large codebases.
- You thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment, taking initiative and solving problems independently while adapting to changing priorities and requirements.
- You have a holistic understanding of technical stacks, capable of navigating and integrating various components to ensure seamless operation and performance.
- You possess excellent problem-solving skills and maintain a proactive “figure it out” attitude, tackling challenges head-on and finding effective solutions.
- You communicate complex technical concepts clearly and succinctly, facilitating collaboration and understanding among team members and stakeholders.
- You are located within GMT +0 to GMT +7 time zones to sync effectively with the team.
Why work with us
- Our product has real scale, reaching millions of people in crypto and beyond today.
- As a team of builders, we prioritize impact over everything else.
- Our team fosters a positive atmosphere, with all of us striving for the best for each other and our chain abstraction mission.
- We're tackling an ambitious problem, working on a mission that is extremely challenging yet fun and holds high-impact potential for the entire crypto industry.
