Senior Systems Engineer
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is building the next big thing in AI search, and the next big thing is answers.
With the explosion of information and data online, search has never been more important. However, while the world of consumer search has innovated over time, enterprise search has not. In fact, the majority of enterprise search is powered by outdated keyword technology that only scans for keywords and delivers a list of hyperlinks rather than actually answering questions. Yext, the AI Search Company, offers a modern, AI-powered Answers Platform that understands natural language so that when people ask questions about a business online they get direct answers – not links.
We have a big, audacious mission to transform the enterprise with AI search. To achieve that, we need bright minds and diverse perspectives to join our growing company and help us continue to disrupt an industry. Does this sound like you?
Our Senior Systems Engineers craft the underlying infrastructure that powers the Yext Search Experience Cloud platform. This means adapting the best open-source and commercial software into an infrastructure architecture that our Software Engineers can utilize to develop the Yext platform. A Senior Systems Engineer - Cloud crafts the environments in which our Software Engineers develop the Yext platform. Our main charge is to develop reliable, predictable, reproducible, transparent, and secure infrastructure, and to advise our Software Engineers on how to best utilize it.
What You’ll Do
- Design, implement and operate our production infrastructure
- Utilize and/or develop automation tools
- Optimize system performance for our applications
- Plan for capacity requirements in a growing environment
- Develop policies for full system life cycles across all stacks
- Participate in an on-call rotation
What You Have
- Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to large-scale technology systems
- 5 years of work experience in a large-scale SaaS or software development environment
- Advanced knowledge of at least one of AWS, GCP or Azure
- Knowledge of configuration automation tools
- Version control systems (Git, Mercurial)
- Experience with at least one programming language (Java, Go, Ruby, C)
- Basic understanding of software development practices
- Dedication to documentation and knowledge-sharing
- Good communication skills, and the ability to interact effectively with other specialists
Bonus Points
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- Prometheus
- Web Serving (haproxy/nginx/apache/etc.)
- A background in security
- Experience with service-oriented architectures
- Service location systems
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