Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

Binti builds software for state and county government agencies, focusing on reinventing social services. We started in child welfare, with the mission of helping every child have a safe, loving, and stable family. To date, we’ve helped approve more than 100,000 families to foster or adopt, and we support over 49% of the nation’s child welfare system. We have expanded our product offerings in child welfare, moving more to the root of the problem, helping families stay together and avoid separation, and are now expanding horizontally across other areas in social services.

Binti is a for-profit, mission-driven software company based in San Francisco, CA. Investors include Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Kapor Capital, and others. We’re a team of ~90 people and growing quickly. We care about creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can bring their full self to work. We have a huge, ambitious vision to rewire government to be more effective in expanding opportunities for people around the world, and we are looking for mission-driven, high-empathy, high-performance, and low-ego team members to join us on our exciting journey towards that vision.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

Binti is a Series B startup on a mission to reinvent child welfare. We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our growing team and help us build and maintain a robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will collaborate with our development teams to ensure our systems are efficient and reliable as we scale our operations.

LOCATION

Binti is headquartered in San Francisco, California and this role would be expected to be in-person (in-person office days are Mondays and Thursdays across the company). Much of our team is local to the San Francisco Bay Area and works via a hybrid setup – in-person from the office some days and remote otherwise. Satellite offices, like Seattle, Washington, set their own in-office days and hybrid policies, but in general employees are encouraged to join the leadership team on the days when they will be in the office for collaboration and team cohesion.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Design and implement infrastructure as code using Pulumi and TypeScript to manage cloud resources efficiently.

- Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for application deployment, scaling, and monitoring.

- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using BuildKite to automate testing, building, and deployment processes.

- Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Honeycomb and Google Cloud Logging to proactively identify and resolve issues.

- Collaborate with development teams to understand their needs and provide effective infrastructure solutions.

- Plan and execute strategies for scaling infrastructure to meet growing demand and ensure high availability.

- Optimize cloud resource usage to control costs while maintaining performance and reliability.

- Develop and test disaster recovery and backup procedures to ensure business continuity.

- Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve operational efficiency and reduce errors.

- Document infrastructure configurations and procedures.

- Stay up-to-date with the latest DevOps technologies and trends.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Proven experience with infrastructure as code, ideally using Pulumi.

- Proficiency in TypeScript for writing and maintaining infrastructure code.

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster management and orchestration.

- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

- Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker.

- Experience with CI/CD tools like BuildKite, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.

- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.

- Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices in cloud environments.

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and manage multiple priorities.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

- Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.

- Participate in on-call rotations during working hours to support production systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with our chosen technologies and services: Pulumi, GKE, TypeScript, BuildKite, Honeycomb

- Experience implementing security best practices to ensure compliance across the infrastructure.

- Experience with database management and optimization.

- Experience scaling Ruby on Rails applications.

- Scripting skills in languages like Ruby, Python, and Bash.

Please note that at this time, Binti is only able to accommodate candidates who are authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Final selected candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to undergo a background and reference check, which could include verification of employment and education, criminal history review, and, where applicable, fingerprinting.

BENEFITS & PERKS

- An above-market compensation package (salary + equity)

- Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance - 99% of insurance premiums covered for you + your dependents

- Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend

- 13 paid holidays; 11 federally observed holidays (including Juneteenth), plus Election Day and the day after Thanksgiving

- 16 weeks of paid parental bonding leave for the arrival of a newborn or newly placed infant

- Sick/mental health time separate from vacation days (accrue up to a cap of 80 hours)

- 4 weeks of sabbatical after 4 years of service at the company

- 401k, Commuter benefits, FSA, and DCFSA

- $5,000 annual bonus for employees who volunteer as a CASA https://nationalcasagal.org/ (court-appointed special advocates)

- $2,500 annual reimbursement for ongoing learning and development, with opportunities to attend trainings/conferences, on-site speaker series, and lunch and learns

- $300 reimbursement for initial office setup

- $50 a month effective work reimbursement to cover internet, electricity, office setup costs, or lunch/snacks with coworkers

- Paid jury duty

At Binti, we celebrate having a diverse team and believe our differences make us stronger. Binti is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.