Angel Studios is hiring a
Sr. Software Engineer (Platform)

📍 Provo, UT - Hybrid

👤 Role Type: Full-time

Summary/objective:

Angel Studios is seeking a skilled and experienced Software Engineer to join the Platform team. This role is integral to ensuring our systems are robust, scalable, and reliable. You will play a key role in maintaining the reliability, performance, and scalability of our systems. You will work closely with our development teams to automate processes, deploy infrastructure, and manage cloud environments using AWS.

Salary: $76,000 - $146,000 a year

Commensurate on experience and scope of responsibility

Key Responsibilities:

System Reliability & Performance:
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high app availability and performance
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues in production environments.
- Develop and execute incident response and disaster recovery plans.
DevOps Practices:
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes using tools such as Terraform, or similar.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines and streamline code deployment.
AWS Cloud Management:
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure AWS infrastructure.
- Optimize AWS resource usage and cost through effective monitoring and management.
- Implement security best practices for cloud-based environments.
Collaboration & Communication:
- Work closely with software engineers to ensure seamless integration of new features and services.
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for incident management.
- Document processes, configurations, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.

Qualifications:

Experience:
- Proven experience as a SRE, GitOps, DevOps Engineer, or similar role.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and ElastiCache.
- Strong background in using automation tools like Terraform, ArgoCD, or similar.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
- Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems, Firewalls, and networking concepts.
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, Kustomize, and Helm.
- Solid understanding of Datadog, Sentry, Squadcast, and GitHub.
- Proxy servers, certificates, and DNS management.
Soft Skills:
- Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.