Software Engineer - Core Infrastructure

San Francisco, CA, Mission District

You...

• live and breathe open-source systems such as Redis, Hadoop, Mongo, HDFS, AWS (EC2/S3/ELB), Tornado, epoll.
• build systems that scale to millions of users
• love to tweak code/configuration files to get optimal performance — less machines the better
• don't mind working start-up hours
• code in whatever language is required to get the job done, you can go up and down the stack
• work with others to solve problems
• enjoy wearing multiple hats in a small team environment
• are willing to commute to Milk's office in the mission district of San Francisco

Responsibilities

• Write code and solve problems across Milk’s platform and infrastructure
• Work to define/build out multiple infrastructures for a variety of upcoming Milk projects
• Define and build high-performance, high-availability infrastructure
• Solve complex geospatial problems
• Optimize and troubleshoot complex distributed systems

Qualifications

• 3+ years scaling large systems
• Experience with production development and deployment of Python, Ruby, or PHP
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL database solutions
• Deep knowledge of *nix
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Perks

• Vacation, take it when you need it, no defined schedule
• You’ll be employee #8 with real equity
• Monthly allowance for flowers, gym membership and Ubercab
• You pick your setup (computer/monitor/etc)
• The latest iPhone

The application

• Please include a CV with references
• Email your application to jobs@milkinc.com and address it to Chris Hutchins.
• Have questions? Please email the same address.