Salsify

Platform Engineer

Job Description

Posted on: 
November 1, 2024

Come join a company who is a key leader in the industry scaling the next core commerce infrastructure and on the path from $100M to $500M! Founded in 2012, Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in over 80 countries collaborate to win on the digital shelf. As the market leader globally, our products are shopper-centric, frictionless, and create memorable commerce experiences. Our products provide a competitive edge through experiences that improve brand trust, amplify product differentiation and assortments, increase conversion rate, improve profit margins, and speed time to market.

Learn how the world’s largest brands, including Mars, L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, Bosch, and GSK, as well as retailers and distributors such as E.Leclerc, Carrefour, Metro, and Intermarché use Salsify everyday to stand out on the digital shelf.

At Salsify, we strive to embody an equitable, diverse, and inclusive company culture. We are united across countries, levels, tenures, and a host of other dimensions of diversity. We understand that while work is just one aspect of who we are, a truly inclusive culture accounts for the full authenticity of every single human being that works here. 

About the Opportunity

As a Platform Engineer in our Global Infrastructure team, you will be part of a team whose mission is to provide Salsify with the infrastructure, services, and tools necessary to efficiently scale the platform and support the growth of the engineering organization. Working closely with the other software engineering teams you will focus on all phases from design to development to maintenance. You will solve complex business and scalability problems and work with the rest of the software engineering team on the direction of the platform.

 

We deeply value our engineering culture. We strongly emphasize trust, mentorship, and collaboration. We care about building the right thing, the right way, and having fun while we do it. Every member of our team has the freedom and responsibility to make Salsify a great place to work.  From architecting and designing to building elegant, scalable software, Salsify empowers our engineers to innovate while solving challenging problems.

 

How You'll Make an Impact:

  • Develop infrastructure automation and management solutions that focus on scalability, observability, automation, reliability, security, and a quality environment.
  • Design, implement, and maintain solutions that empower engineering to deliver the best software possible while using the infrastructure efficiently and securely.
  • Deliver internal infrastructure services such as monitoring, logging, and alerting to internal users.
  • Expand and enhance our Kubernetes-based application environment.

 

You'll Enjoy This Role If You Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with orchestration platforms, such as Temporal.io
  • Experience with Configuration Management and Infrastructure Management systems such as Terraform.
  • Practical and demonstrable skill writing testable, maintainable software with a programming language like Go, Ruby, or Python.
  • Deep knowledge of core Cloud Hosting concepts such as IAM, DNS, Networking, Storage, etc.
  • Deep experience with at least one Cloud Hosting platform (AWS, Azure)
  • Experience with container-based runtimes and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Solid understanding of networking and distributed computing concepts.
  • Experience with the GitOps and Infrastructure as Code concepts
  • Experience working as part of a distributed team
  • Excellent written communication skills.

 

What We Have for You:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Equity
  • Unlimited Vacation
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Multicare)
  • Life Plan
  • Meal Allowance
  • Referral Bonuses

 

Salsify’s mission is to empower brand manufacturers to win on the digital shelf.

Helping brand manufacturers to win online is what we do. Our culture is who we are. We are empowered. We are positive thinkers. We take action. We care deeply. These values have driven Salsify’s growth and earned the company numerous top workplace awards.

We are headquartered in Boston and have hubs in Lisbon (Portugal) and Sydney (Australia) and remote offices around the globe. If you are excited to work in a fast-paced environment with a team that values agility, curiosity and passion, we want to hear from you!

Salsify loves a good success story and it would be our privilege to help write yours! We recognize that talent and potential come in all forms and that years of experience does not guarantee job effectiveness or leadership potential. Our hiring process involves recognizing a person’s achievements, subject matter expertise, and passion, not just check marks next to a job description. If you have an interest in our roles please do not hesitate to apply - we would be happy to speak with you!

Salsify is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diverse perspectives yield strong and happy teams. Our employees and customers win when we have a variety of opinions and experiences. If you have a disability, require religious accommodation or if there is anything we can do to make you more comfortable during our recruitment process, please let us know at talent@salsify.com.

 
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At Salsify, we maintain 3 core principles as part of our Compensation Philosophy:

  • We pay market rates, which are competitive and equitable
  • We pay based on performance and proficiency, not tenure
  • We adjust proactively; when the market moves, we do too

The posted compensation range reflects the base salary for this position. In addition to base salary, some eligible roles may also have a commission plan or a bonus incentive. All Salsify employees receive equity in the form of stock options. All full-time employees are invited to participate in our Total Rewards plan, which includes health & medical benefits, PTO, and more. Offers to join Salsify are based on a few criteria, including the scope of the role, the candidate’s work experience, targeted skills, internal equity of the team, and external market data.

National Pay Range

€73.000—€75.000 EUR

Salsify loves a good success story and it would be our privilege to help write yours! We recognize that talent and potential come in all forms and that years of experience does not guarantee on-the-job effectiveness or leadership potential. Our hiring process involves recognizing a person’s achievements, subject matter expertise, and passion, not just check marks next to a job description. If you have an interest in our roles please do not hesitate to apply - we would be happy to speak with you!

A member of Talent 'talent@salsify.com' will be reaching out about next steps if we would like to move forward.

Salsify’s mission is to empower brand manufacturers to win on the digital shelf.

Helping brand manufacturers to win online is what we do. Our culture is who we are. We are empowered. We are positive thinkers. We take action. We care deeply. These values have driven Salsify’s growth and earned the company numerous top workplace awards.

We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and have hubs in Lisbon (Portugal) and Sydney (Australia). If you are excited to work in a fast-paced environment with a team that values agility, curiosity and passion, we want to hear from you!

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An Inclusive Place To Work

Salsify does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Studies have found that people of color and women do not apply to jobs if they do not meet all the requirements. At Salsify we are committed to empowering a diverse workforce. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Accommodations

Salsify is committed to an inclusive hiring process, and we aim to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you need any accommodations for the application or throughout the interview process please contact cx@salsify.com.