Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Department: Software Development

Reports To: Senior Team Lead

Location: Atlanta, GA

Employment Type: In house or Remote (if in GA), Full Time

Start Date: August/September

Why work with us?

In a world where technology is forever changing and at a rapid pace, we like to believe we stand alone in always disrupting the norm in the home improvement space. Build.com is a growing beacon of pure awesomeness, holding our company culture and work environment to a high standard of excellence and uniqueness. We’re looking for people who want to push the industry of home improvement into the next dimension and show the world that Build.com is the ONLY name in home improvement worth knowing.

We are an ever growing company in the industry of HOME IMPROVEMENT! Yes, we are responsible for helping individuals improve, update and showcase the most important space in their lives, their home! Our company pushes the limits of being innovative and we strive to be the BEST in the industry. You may ask what we have those other companies do not… we would argue we employ the most passionate, hard-working, and genuine people who love what they do and continue to push boundaries.

Our Culture:
Describing our culture is a big task as there are so many great things we could share. The atmosphere is created by all of the unique and amazing individuals who encompass the values we have as a company. The drive, motivation, and innovation everyone brings to the table fosters the success Build.com has year over year. Our focus on goals and company culture create a strong sense of community where everyone feels welcomed and supported even when taking risks. We want people to be empowered and contribute to the big picture – growing our company to take on giants such as Lowe’s and Home Depot! We would not be anywhere without the passion and commitment of our employees really owning their performance and driving results.

The position:
Build is looking for a proficient software developer, who is passionate about learning new technologies and deeply understands the “full stack”. You will develop full-stack software focused around Site reliability and work with product teams to plan architecture choices and implement best practices. Our SRE team is tasked with Increasing Site availability/reliability as well as releasability. We are owners of the CI/CD deployment pipeline in which we develop build processes and integrate technologies to streamline our releases. As we increase the number of deployments we also want to ensure that things are not going south, so we engineer and implement monitoring solutions. The SRE team is a new addition to the group of teams in Software development! There is a lot of energy and momentum behind growing this team. It is a great opportunity to become well versed in all facets of Build.com’s technology stack.

What are you going to do:

• Day in the life – Working with the team you will be tasked with various engineering tasks that are focused around the Site Reliability team’s goals. On the side, you will also be keeping an eye out for fires that may occur and working with teams on putting those fires out.
• Long-term responsibilities will be an ongoing focus of identifying problem areas of and working out a solution to automate, tool, schedule improvements into the systems. Depending on your areas of interest and capabilities you will be responsible for an area of the infrastructure or business to do some deep dives
• This person will work with a team of 4 amount of people.
• Success of a site reliability engineer is different than a traditional product feature engineering, in that we are focusing on improvements to reliability, availability, releasability. Improvements to these areas from your contributions highlight your success.

What are you going to bring to the table:

• 5-7 years of software development experience; emphasis on ECommerce a big plus
• Knowledge of web-based applications, testing tools
• Experience with web commerce-related web applications (eCommerce, transactional sites)
• Experience with analytics and the drive to work with data

SRE Specific:

• Experience with of the following python, java, javascript, spring, shell scripting, Varnish VCL
• Ability to lead technical teams through design and implementation across an organization.
• Analytical querying capabilities, familiarity with statistical analysis
• Solid understanding of a Linux environment and the networking stack.
• Familiarity of working with distributed systems, high availability, load balancing, configuration management, service discovery, messaging
• Familiarity with monitoring architectures and patterns
• Capability to troubleshoot under high pressure
• Deep Understanding of CI/CD systems
• Understanding and familiarity of TDD,BDD
• Production cloud and/or containers experience a plus

What do we bring to the table:

• Competitive Compensation Packages
• Great 401(k), PTO and benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Life, and Vision
• Amazing work environment that makes you want to be at work every day
• Team building and company-wide events throughout the year (sometimes too many to count)
• Incredible employee discounts on Build.com products
• Internal Training programs suited to what you are wanting to develop in
• A wide variety of local discounts plus all of Ferguson Inc. employee perks
• Pre-employment drug and background screening required

**Build.com is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability. We value diversity.