Python Job: Senior DevOps Engineer

Points is a trusted partner to the world’s leading loyalty programs, leveraging its unique Loyalty Commerce Platform and analytic expertise to build, power, and grow a network of ways members can get and use their favourite loyalty currency.

Our platform combines insights, technology, and resources to make the movement of loyalty currency simpler and more intelligent for nearly 60 reward programs worldwide. Founded in 2000, Points is headquartered in Toronto with teams operating around the globe. Points was acquired by Plusgrade in 2022, making the combined companies the global leaders in ancillary revenue for the travel industry.

Points is looking for a DevOps engineer (Remote) to join our DevOps team for a permanent position.

We’re an industry-leading organization that is continuously reshaping how consumers interact with their loyalty programs. We work with the world’s largest airline, hotel, financial, and retail rewards programs, to tackle complex challenges and come up with innovative e-commerce solutions. If you’d like to be a part of it, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re building out our next-generation infrastructure here at Points and leveraging automation to maintain and improve our current platforms and processes. We’re looking for a smart and enthusiastic person with a passion for operations to help take our infrastructure to the next level. If you love working in an open, highly collaborative environment making awesome software, then Points is the place for you.

Reporting to the Principal Engineer, DevOps you will be responsible for:

• Be part of the team to architect and evolve our next generation infrastructure based on Kubernetes on-prem and in the Cloud
• Migrate our microservices and data services to this new infrastructure
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines (we use GitLab) to meet security & software compliance and improve observability of the system through monitoring and alerting
• Manage & build our tooling in Python, GoLang and NodeJs
• Constantly evaluate & improve our current infrastructure

• Strong proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with IaC, automation/configuration management (Terraform/Ansible/Puppet)
• Good knowledge of Linux systems (package installation and setup)
• Comfortable coding in one of: Python, Go or JavaScript
• Comfortable with Git or other source code management systems
• Familiar with the CI/CD (Gitlab nice to have)
• Good understanding about DevOps culture and methodologies
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Our Tech Stack:

• Containers/Orchestration: Kubernetes (Rancher), Docker
• Deployments: Helm
• Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Zabbix, JIRA, Slack
• Languages: Python, NodeJs, GoLang
• CI/CD: GitLab
• Cloud: AWS
• Configuration Management: Ansible
• Infrastructure As Code: Terraform
• VM: oVirt
• OS: CentOS (production), Ubuntu (local workstation), Mac (local workstation)

What we offer:

• Flexible hours
• Extra days off
• Extended health care from day one
• Parental leave top-op
• Fitness Credit
• RRSP Matching Plan
• Learning & Development
• Free coffee, snacks & drinks
• The best Technology
• YOLO leave
• Green Commute or WFH credits
• Company-sponsored activities such as bowling, movies, sports, paintball, and more!

Our Process:

Points is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Upon request we will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities.

We believe in diversity and inclusivity and that is why our interview process is designed for a positive candidate experience and to ensure every candidate is evaluated equally. All applications will be reviewed from our Talent Team and the successful candidate(s) will go through the following recruitment process:

• Recruiter Phone Interview

• Hiring Manager Interview

• Take-home Assessment or remote coding exercise (If applicable)

• Team Interview

All candidates will be provided with feedback regardless if they pass or didn’t pass any of our interview stages. All your information will be kept confidential.