Build and Release Engineer / DevOps

San Jose, CA, United States

Securly

Build and Release Engineer

San Jose, CA

Does building software that saves children's lives sound like something you want to be part of?

The products Securly builds are literally saving more than 4 kids lives per semester and growing.

This is why we need a person who loves to innovate, optimize and automate with the latest and greatest tools so that our products will continue to scale and ultimately save more children’s lives.

Securly, Inc.( www.securly.com) headquartered in San Jose California, provides online safety for schools and parental controls for families. Since its inception in 2013, we have earned a reputation as a trusted provider of Internet Security for children by protecting millions of students in K-12 schools across the globe and are strongly revenue positive and cash-flow positive since our first year of operations. We currently are Series-A venture-backed, have close to 5 million users served, 6% of US public school market, a global footprint, offices in CA, NC, India, Mexico and Philippines, over 80 employees and contractors, are growing 100%+ annually since day one, and have the ability to sell to a combined school and consumer security market of over $50B+ with an extremely defensible and well-positioned set of K-12 security products.

Securly is the network layer for our 5M+ users from over 1500 enterprise customers.

Securly’s cloud-based web filter is a win-win for everyone. It keeps students safe and keeps the district’s costs down. On top of this, Securly is paving the way with an AI that alerts parents and counselors to instances of cyberbullying and even learns the child’s habits to detect the potential for self-harm. Our tech can literally save lives. Not many tech companies can say that.

Product video - overview - https://vimeo.com/245108303

Summary

This role will own entire Build and Release unit and have visibility with every feature/product. This means you will be:

- Challenged with the build and release automation of complex releases involving git and all technologies you can think of in AWS including code deploy)

- The “gatekeeper” of code to find issues (before release)

- Own Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)

- Highly impactful on leading the next innovative wave within Securly. We will be able to release thousands of RELs every second eventually with no quality drop.

Primary Job Tasks

Support Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) and DevOps transformation initiatives under the guidance of the DevOps manager/architect.

Contribute in developing best practices for infrastructure as code (e.g.: Puppet, Shell scripting), software build tools (Maven, ANT, etc.) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, etc.).

Work with development and Infrastructure teams in developing building/packaging/deployment processes for new projects.

Work with various IT teams to automate manual release/build related activities utilizing DevOps principles.

Setup/Configuration/Administration of Binary Repositories like Artifactory, Nexus etc.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

3+ years of experience with software builds and deployments

Experience with Scripting/Build tools like MAVEN, Gradle, ANT etc.

Knowledge of UNIX/Linux systems administration.

Hands-on working experience with the Source Code Management tools like GIT, Bitbucket, and TFS.

Implementation Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery processes using various tools like TeamCity, Jenkins/Bamboo, and Artifactory/Nexus as a binary repository.

Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing.

Love your craft and desire to make an impact on the world

Enjoy working with very talented and genuine people

The desire to grow and advance personally, technologically and professionally

About us:

What differentiates our product - https://tinyurl.com/yd43qtmm

What to expect from Securly in 2018 - https://tinyurl.com/y8wejya3

Securly information links - https://tinyurl.com/ya3qg8pv

Securly is a venture-backed, fast-growing Silicon Valley startup with the stated mission of keeping kids safe online. Securly is a highly innovative education-focused web filtering and student safety solution that has been designed from the ground up for schools. It is completely cloud-based, takes five minutes to set up per district and costs a fraction of the enterprise solutions that schools are forced to pay for today. As an online security provider, we have the responsibility of not just nurturing kids away from the negative influences of the Internet, but also preempting life-changing incidents of bullying, self-harm, and violence in schools. As of today, we are saving multiple children per month for every school we serve from these incidents! We serve 6% of the K-12 population in the US, currently growing close to 200% with offices in San Jose, CA, Charlotte, NC and Pune, India.

We are currently with 80+ employees, we are growing the company deliberately, with an eye towards maintaining a culture that values lifestyle, fun and continuous improvement.

Our clients love what we make • We're user-focused and product-driven • We're always evolving with an eye towards improvement • Committed to building a product people want • We have a well-defined culture of fun, continual learning and collaboration • A supportive, familial atmosphere • Breakfast, lunch and happy hour • A fully stocked kitchen with drinks and snacks • Excellent benefit package • 401K and excellent compensation and vacation package