This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago office and will require you to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What’s so interesting about this role?

Our team is growing because our user base is growing (30% in the last year!) which means we need you! We are hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer who is passionate about development operations and maintaining a high performing cloud infrastructure platform. As the most senior Cloud Engineer on the team, we will rely on you for your deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and networking. You will have the opportunity to solve challenging infrastructure and reliability problems, work with the latest systems, collaborate with a kind and capable team and contribute meaningfully.

What’s the job?

• Design, document, and maintain cloud infrastructure platform using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform

• Provide Engineering teams with standards and best practices on how to deploy and consume public cloud services.

• Build and implement continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) using tools such as Argo and GitHub Actions

• Manage multiple AWS cloud environments. Use cloud-based container management services such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to deploy applications.

• Help develop effective monitoring and response tools to both identify and address reliability risks using Datadog, Pagerduty, Prometheus and similar systems.

• Work closely with other teams on new microservices or features/improvements of existing services.

• Drive performance tuning and automation.

• Support, maintain and document software functionality.

• Participate in an on-call rotation

What we'll love about you

• 8+ years overall engineering experience

• 5+ years of experience working in AWS (RDS, ElastiCache, Kafka, IAM, EC2, EKS, Route53)

• 5+ years of experience working with DevOps technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform

• 5+ years developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with distributed system design, implementation, and capacity planning

• An excitement and ability to work in a high volume, large-scale environment.

• Clear communication and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with diverse stakeholders and teams.

• Ability to work with others to perform root cause analysis on stability and performance related events

• AI/ML experience is a bonus

• SOX experience is a bonus

What you'll love about us

• Mission and Impact: Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.

• Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.

• Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.

• Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.

• Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.

• Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

About Grindr

Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 13.5 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. Since 2015, Grindr for Equality has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world.

Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow and build meaningful experiences for our users. From social issues to product innovations, we're setting audacious goals for our community and the business, and leveraging the latest tech stacks and a culture of engineering excellence to make it happen. At the heart of our work in this new chapter is a shared set of operating principles centered around cultivating curiosity, thinking big, setting and expediting our ambitious goals, and growing through iteration; all while keeping our users #1.

Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. With a track record of strong financial performance and plans for continued headcount growth, we’re building a team of talented, passionate, and open-minded people who want to disrupt the dating app space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture. Come be a part of this exciting journey with us.

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