Change.org is searching for a Senior Staff Production Engineer to help drive
the enhancement of our global infrastructure and collaborate on building and
scaling technology solutions. You will report to our Senior Manager of QA and
Production Engineering. As a key member of our **Production Engineering team**
you will oversee the architecture and quality of our Terraform codebase,
monitor our site, internal services and databases, and partner with our
constituent engineering teams to build our service oriented architecture.
We are a social impact business (a public benefit company), and the world's
largest social change platform with 100m monthly users, 50,000+ campaigns
launched on the site every month, and a 100% user-generated revenue model. Our
users win campaigns for change once every hour. We’re working for a world
where no one is powerless, and where creating change is a part of everyday
life. We’re just getting started and hope you’ll join us!
From mobilizing over 5 million people to investigate the fires in the Amazon,
to mobilizing nearly 3 million against war and famine in Yemen, to large-scale
mobilizations for the people of Iran and against the war in Ukraine, and
calling for Racial Justice in the US, many movements were born on Change.org.
Dozens of local, national, and international victories are happening every day
thanks to the strength of our members who are changing the lives of people
around the world. We want to help them go even further and we need your help!
**Key Outcomes:**
* Oversee the architecture and quality of our Terraform codebase
* Monitor our site, internal services and databases with our state-of-the-art observability stack
* Partner with our constituent engineering teams to architect and build out our service oriented architecture in a scalable, secure and cost effective manner
**The most important core competencies for the role are:**
* Extensive experience with Kubernetes and Terraform
* Experience with Core AWS services and tools, such as: IAM, RDS, ElastiCache, EC2, S3, Route53
* Experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI or Jenkins
* Experience with debugging, monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as NewRelic, Airbrake or similar tools
* Experience with on-call management
* Proficient in at least one scripting language (Javascript, Python, Go, etc.)
* Ability to mentor and influence others
**Target experience:**
* BS in Computer Science or related technical field or 5+ years of experience in engineering roles
* 5+ years of experience managing infrastructures of different scales
* 5+ years of engineer experience in Production Engineering or related engineering roles
**Interested? Great! Here 's what you should know:**
**This is a full time role** , and while we strongly prefer folks living in
the Pacific Time Zone, we are open to folks across the United States, Canada
and Latin America.
We are currently able to hire staff based in the following US locations: AK,
AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, MA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI,
TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI. We're also able to hire staff in Argentina, Brazil,
Canada (AB, BC, ON), and Mexico.
Our compensation philosophy is based on pay equity. All of our salaries are
determined before we launch a role – they are based on a predetermined salary
scale, the level on that scale and the cost of labor for that location. The
annual salary of a **Senior Staff Production Engineer** is $265,00 USD in San
Francisco/NYC; $252,000 USD in Austin/Boston/LA/Seattle/DC and $225,000 USD in
all other US Cities. In Canada, the salary is 243,000 CAD in
Vancouver/Toronto; 225,500 CAD in Victoria/Calgary and 210,000 CAD in all
other locations in Canada.
Benefits and perks also vary based on location.
Our evaluation process is as follows:
* Recruiter Interview
* Hiring Manager Interview
* Virtual Onsite Interviews with the team
* Executive Interview
We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting
amazing candidates like you, so please don’t hesitate to apply—we’d love to
meet you. We also know it’s rare for someone to meet 100% of the
qualifications. Please apply anyway!
We actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to
apply. At Change.org, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive
workplace. We invest in programs to support our diverse workforce, offer
inclusive onboarding experiences and affinity groups, celebrate the heritage
of our staff, provide training on working across differences, and maintain
fair and transparent salary scales. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin,
disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, or culture.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the
recruitment process for candidates with disabilities. If you need assistance,
or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted
about a role.
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