Big Data DevOps

We are Outbrain.

We’re one of the world’s largest content recommendation platforms, delighting audiences with engaging, personalized content recommendations while serving as the primary engagement partner and platform for the world’s top digital media companies.

To support this scale, we manage a fleet of over 7000 physical servers, spread across several data centers. Scalability, reliability and “building the right thing” are in our genes, and we wholeheartedly embrace automation and open-source.

We are looking for a NoSQL infrastructure senior engineer to join Outbrain’s data store team.

A day in the life

In this role, you will deal with building and operating a variety of distributed systems mainly Hadoop, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Memcached, Druid, Vertica and more.

You will be facing great challenges around scale, cross DC support, visibility, automation, and deployment of services in a microservice as well as multi-tenant environments in physical and cloud environments, and will be using a variety of tools like Chef, Prometheus, Grafana and more to do that.

You will also be dealing with:

• Overall production data system health (including hundreds of servers).
• Provide architectural solutions for complex data issues, involving large-scale solutions and rapid growth.
• Building and maintaining high-performance, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed software systems.
• Continuance improvement of Operation processes and procedures

What you’ll bring

• Experience with large scale distributed system
• Experience in one or more scripting languages such as bash/ruby/python
• In-depth knowledge of Linux administration
• Experience working in cloud environments or containers – an advantage
• Strong communication skills - you should be able to describe complex projects to the commons
• Curiosity and a desire to continue learning new processes and technologies in order to become a professional in those systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

More than snacks!

• Office and home hybrid working (3 days in the office)
• Expand your toolbox with our mentorship program and internal learning tools
• Pet-friendly office
• …and of course a fully stocked kitchen!

We Recommend #LifeAtOutbrain

Outbrain is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Did you know "trust" is one of our core values? We apply this value to our day-to-day by working collaboratively on a global scale. With managers and teammates often sitting in other countries and time zones, we value communication, patience, and open-mindedness to all cultural backgrounds. We encourage all ideas, and everyone gets a seat at the table!

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups –employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change. From OB Green (environmental), OB WE (women empowerment), OB Good (charitable initiatives) to OB4E (diversity, equity, and inclusion), you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.

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