Site Reliability Engineer (Talent Pool)

About Sezzle:

With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!

Talent Pool Heads Up: 

This application is specifically for a talent pool rather than a traditional job vacancy. A talent pool is a proactive approach to recruitment, where we gather a diverse group of qualified candidates who may not be applying for a specific role at this moment but are recognized for their potential and skills. By participating in the talent pool, you are allowing us to consider you for future openings that align with your expertise and career interests. This initiative enables us to build a pipeline of talented individuals while fostering relationships with candidates who may fit various roles within our organization as they become available. We value your interest and look forward to the possibility of working together in the future.

Sezzle is a remote U.S.-based company listed on NASDAQ. Our salary ranges are as follows:

• The salary range for this role is $2,000 - $4,200 per month (Gross in USD as a contractor) 

About the Role:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Site Reliability Engineer who is best in class with a high IQ plus a high EQ. This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement. You will work on our Infrastructure team, and assist us in running and scaling our cloud infrastructure. Your duties will blend software development and operations in order to continuously automate our environments.

What You'll Do:

• Be on a Pagerduty on-call rotation to respond to production incidents
• Maintain and develop monitoring and alerting solutions to improve the on-call experience
• Design, build and maintain scalable infrastructure for running our systems
• Assist product developers in debugging and triaging production issues

What We Look For:

• Bachelor's in computer science (preferred) or equivalent related experience
• From 1 to 3 years of experience in SRE or DevOps roles.

Ideal Skills & Experience:

• Basic knowledge of a Microservice Architecture
• Basic knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
• Familiarity with deployment/provisioning tools like Terraform, Helm, Ansible
• Knowledge in linux platform
• Comfortable working with Golang, Python and shell script
• Knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies
• Close familiarity with software engineering tools, software development methodology, and release processes

Sezzle’s Technology Stack:

• Languages: Golang, Typescript, Python
• Frontend: Typescript - React and React Native
• Backend: Golang
• Database: MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch
• DevOps & Cloud: AWS, Kubernetes
• Version Control: Git
• CI/CD: Gitlab
• Testing: Developer-driven, focus on automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Sezzle is focused on using open source, and we build what we can before buying!

About You:

• You have relentlessly high standards - many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
• You’re not bound by convention - your success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things
• You need action - speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
• You earn trust - you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
• You have backbone; disagree, then commit - you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
• You deliver results - you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome:

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.

Compensation:

Our ranges are very broad to accommodate all types of candidates and encourage growth. Specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on factors such as education, experience, qualifications, and alignment with market data. Exceptional candidates may receive salaries outside of the posted ranges.

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