Lead - Test Automation & DevOps

Overview:

• Here at Prodigy, we are working hard to achieve our mission of helping every child in the world to LOVE learning.
• Our Engineering teams are scaling rapidly as we continue to hit our product and growth milestones, and it’s an exciting time for the company!
• To continue our exponential growth, we are adding some more management power to our Engineering teams. 
• We’re looking for an experienced Lead Test Automation & DevOps SME to help guide our team of Automation Developers in transforming the way Prodigy tests and deploys code.
• Working closely with our development, automation, and architecture teams, your role will be instrumental in defining the short, mid, and long-range vision of automation at Prodigy.

Your Impact:

• Design, implement and deploy complex Kubernetes and AWS-based workloads from initial architecture and design through development, testing, and deployment
• Lead analysis for improving the developer team's testing best practices, release velocity, and production health
• Implement, maintain, and improve application/system monitoring to help identify key performance metrics
• Work closely with engineering teams to measure the success of their workflow to build a comprehensive picture of velocity, coverage, and quality
• Drive visibility and continuous improvement of our delivery pipelines
• Design, document, and build systems to automate away operational problems
• Provide support for the engineering teams by troubleshooting and resolving software, pipeline and infrastructure-related issues with an eye to automating those issues away
• Explore and evaluate new and emerging software tools, technologies and practices
• Perform system administration tasks, such as configuration management, creating and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and supporting tools
• Disaster recovery design, implementation, and maintenance 

Who You Are:

• 5+ years in a formal Automation DevOps SME role, preferably in high traffic/volume environments including atleast 2+ years in coaching & mentoring a team of automation-devops engineers
• 7+ years of Unix/Linux administration experience in scalable, secure, transactional development, QA and production environments 
• A strong desire to automate everything, including processes and infrastructure
• Working experience building, configuring and deploying applications to Kubernetes and AWS
• Proficiency on the command line with a good knowledge of various Linux utilities for debugging and automation purposes
• Experience testing distributed systems and applications
• Strong sense for developing with modern architecture principles (e.g. Infrastructure as Code, Immutable/Disposable/Replaceable Infrastructure, Automate-all-the-things) 
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, RedShift)Experience scaling multi-threaded web applications
• Solid understanding of information/cloud security best practices Experience installing and configuring various monitoring solutions
• Hands-on experience providing support to Engineers, i.e. troubleshooting failed builds, troubleshooting dev/QA/prod issues

Our Core Technologies:

• Backend: Node.js, GraphQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, AWS, Lambda
• Game: HTML5, Canvas, WebGL, Phaser, Pixi, Typescript
• Frontend: React, Reactive Native, ES6
• Test infrastructure: Cypress, percy.io, axe-core

Bonus Points For:

• Agile workflow experience
• Experience in the educational software space
• A strong passion for education
• Previous experience scaling in a startup environment

What We Offer:

• The opportunity to build a career of value and witness first hand the impact Prodigy has as the most engaging math platform in the world!
• A culture of transparency, where team members are involved in important conversations
• No micromanaging here! We believe in our employees skills and abilities, we encourage you to bring new innovative ideas to your team
• Full health benefits from day one (1)  for you and your family, fully covered! Nothing is ever taken off your pay cheque 
• We are a profitable company, with eligibility to participate in stock options for all employees
• Late or early riser? We understand! We offer flexible working hours that allow you to schedule your 8 hour day with a bit more flexibility. We do have core office hours, to ensure team members can be present for important meetings and department needs. Our core office hours are 10:30am - 3:00pm
 
While we operate 100% remotely for the time being, our company culture and values remain at the core of everything we do. We are offering a number of remote-friendly activities such as:
• Virtual trivia 
• Zoom meditation, stretching, and fitness sessions
• Daily remote challenges via Slack 
• Virtual “Prodigy Prepares” cooking series featuring our very own employees!
• Remote work employee budget for things like home office equipment etc. 


When this pandemic comes to an end and it is safe to be back in the office. Here's a glimpse into what you can expect: 
• Feel like working from home ? Prodigy is office optional!
• Team building events that not only include you as a Prodigy employee, but your significant other and children as well
• Company pizza lunch every second week for ‘All Hands’, where we discuss important Prodigy milestones
• Do you need some fun to help break up your day? We have that covered! Join in some Ping Pong games, Smash Bros competitions or board games!