About the Team:
Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see.Our team is growing because our user base is growing (30% in the last year!) which means we need you! We are hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer who is passionate about development operations and maintaining a high performing cloud infrastructure platform.
As the most senior Cloud Engineer on the team, we will rely on you for your deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and networking. You will have the opportunity to solve challenging infrastructure and reliability problems, work with the latest systems, collaborate with a kind and capable team and contribute meaningfully.At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It’s about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives.This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays.
About the Job:
- Design, document, and maintain cloud infrastructure platform using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform
- Provide Engineering teams with standards and best practices on how to deploy and consume public cloud services.
- Build and implement continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) using tools such as Argo and GitHub Actions
- Manage multiple AWS cloud environments. Use cloud-based container management services such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to deploy applications.
- Help develop effective monitoring and response tools to both identify and address reliability risks using Datadog, Pagerduty, Prometheus and similar systems.
- Work closely with other teams on new microservices or features/improvements of existing services.
- Drive performance tuning and automation.
- Support, maintain and document software functionality.
- Participate in an on-call rotation
Role Requirements:
- 5+ years overall engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience working in AWS (RDS, ElastiCache, Kafka, IAM, EC2, EKS, Route53)
- 3+ years of experience working with DevOps technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform
- 3+ years developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with distributed system design, implementation, and capacity planning
- An excitement and ability to work in a high volume, large-scale environment.
- Clear communication and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with diverse stakeholders and teams.
- Ability to work with others to perform root cause analysis on stability and performance related events
- AI/ML experience
- SOX experience is a bonus
Benefits and Perks:
- Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
- Family Formation Up to $200,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
- Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
- Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
- Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
- Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
- Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch
About Grindr:
Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 15 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the gay community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just.As a public company, we're moving into the next chapter: becoming an AI-native organization that's redefining what's possible for our community. We're embedding AI into our product and operations, moving with startup speed while operating at scale.Everything we do is rooted in impact for our users and outcomes for the business.
This isn't social work, it’s impact through excellence. Business success is what gives us the power to serve our community and the seat at tables others can't reach. How we work is defined by Grindr Mode, our operating model that's moderately hardcore day-to-day and truly hardcore when it counts. We think like owners, drive real outcomes, create clarity through action, and push each other to go further than we thought possible.We’re headquartered in West Hollywood with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. Our work extends beyond the product through Grindr for Equality, our nonprofit that's partnered with 100+ community organizations globally to advance safety, health, and human rights for LGBTQ+ people worldwide.We're profitable, growing, and building a team of smart, driven people who bring different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to the work. Want to build technology at a massive scale that serves millions? Come join us!
Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer.
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