DevOps Team Lead (Cloud Team)

OK, so let's start with a few words about Vue Storefront.

Vue Storefront sets a  new standard in online shopping , making it more convenient, intuitive, and lightning-fast. We use the  modern tech stack , believe in  composable commerce architecture , and are  dedicated to flattening the learning curve to business users. That is why  enterprise customers can launch our store in weeks instead of months , gaining time and saving money.

For us, the most important thing is that  Vue Storefront cares about people, their work-life symbiosis, relations, and the impact they make on the community, tech & e-commerce world, and their private lives. Vibe, Self-driven, and Focus are Vue Storefront values, and we want to grow everyone who has a hunger for more and lives up to them!

Location : Remote

About the team:

In the Cloud Team , we provide blazing-fast cloud infrastructure for Vue Storefront instance. Cloud-native compute power on Google Cloud Platform.

Tech Stack :

• GCP, Kubernetes
• Helm, Terraform, Docker
• Nginx, ElasticSearch,
• Node.js,
• Github Actions

What will you be doing in this role?

• Making design and architecture decisions around business requirements fulfilment,
• Defining and implementing development and quality standards and best practices,
• Managing team planning, estimation, workflow and delivery,
• Identify delivery and architecture risks,
• Building scalable solutions for our high-performing customers,
• Working closely with developers to support infrastructure configuration and service launches,
• Supporting developers in infrastructure configuration issues,
• Performing laser-sharp code reviews for other team members,
• Creating security procedures and standards for the company,
• Supporting continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies,
• Creating fundamental elements of the solution like Monitoring and Alerting,
• Implementing and sharing widely DevOps methodology within the whole company,
• Capacity planning.

What do we expect you to have?

• 3+ years of very strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (must-have),

• 3+ years of very strong Kubernetes skills (must-have),

• 4+ years of proven hands-on DevOps experience (must have),

• 3+ years of experience with Terraform (nice to have),

• 2-4 years of general development experience (nice to have),

• 1+ year team lead (should have),

• Strong programming background (Python, Ruby, JavaScript etc),

• 'How we can make this better' attitude,

• 'Growing as a human being' approach,

• Taking care of others in a team and the community.

• Fluent English (at least B2)

• Sharing our values: 

  • Vibe - you say what does not fit. You give feedback, and you listen to critical feedback as well.
  • Self-driven - everyone's opinion is essential, but ownership is more important. You understand that someone has to take responsibility for the decision and how it affects the whole product or company.
  • Focus - you stay aligned with what and how we act as a company. You move your WIGs (Wildly Important Goals) further. You take responsibility for your work and overlook the health of that area,

What else would be appreciated?

• Experience with creating processes like Fair Use Policy,
• Experience with huge multi-region setups

What can you expect?

• Senior and experienced team
• Budget and tools for your skills Growth
• Fully Remote work with flexible working hours
• Values-driven culture , friendly and supportive work environment
• Contract type tailored to your need
• Engagement: it’s full-time engagement in every case
• Ability to regularly attend conferences and community events , both as participant and contributor
• Flat organizational structure: it helps to focus on what’s essential - have no barriers in communication, no Corpo-language, no going things around, no need to do things differently than most smartly and efficiently.
• Relations: VSF values healthy relations and spends time together - e.g.,two weeks with your teammates and families on Tenerife?
• Benefits: contract type depending on your decision, Medicover medical care package, access to the pool of courses, time to time workation, flexible working hours, working from wherever you want.

Join us if you feel that it's time for you to join VSF’s extraordinarily enthusiastic and successful team!