Senior Cloud Engineer , Data Stores

Forter

  • Forter, Angus
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
About the Role:Forter is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Data Stores team. We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented individual to be responsible for designing, implementing, and delivering data infrastructure solutions that are the core of Forter products. If you are passionate about infrastructure and want to contribute to a dynamic and innovative team, we would love to hear from you.About the team:As the Data Stores team, we are responsible for implementing and delivering data infrastructure solutions that handle and store petabytes of data. Our focus is on scalability, low latency, high throughput, and geo-distributed systems, ingesting terabytes of data every day. We provide seamless, reliable, and scalable data solutions, which are key components for Forter's Machine Learning Models that deliver highly accurate, real-time risk decisions to protect our customers from fraud. Continually adapting to the evolving landscape and trends in the data landscape, we implement new data solutions to ensure Forter's innovative products stay ahead in the market.Why should you join us?As a member of the data stores team, you will work alongside highly technical software engineers shaping the way Forter stores vast amounts of data. You will be entrusted with the designing, implementation, and delivery of data infrastructure solutions that are the right fit for the requirements. Your unique perspective and experience will bring innovative ideas to the team and help us deliver long term solutions.What you'll be doing:
  • Lead and mentor engineers to ensure the seamless operation of our systems.
  • Investigate and implement performance and cost optimizations for our cloud infrastructure.
  • Create or introduce tooling and processes to support the operational aspects required for maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructure.
  • Contribute to the continual improvement of our cloud infrastructure.
  • Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in cloud infrastructure, and implement new offerings as needed.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the availability and performance of our cloud infrastructure systems.
Who are you?
  • 5+ years of experience as an Infrastructure engineer or backend-oriented software engineer.
  • Experience with AWS Infrastructure and database products.
  • Strong Linux troubleshooting experience.
  • Experience with configuration management (chef, ansible, terraform or cloud formation)
  • Programming or Scripting experience (e.g: Bash, Python, Go)
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Solid understanding of database principles, distributed systems, and database management.
Benefits include:
  • Competitive salary and bonus plan
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • Private health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Half day Fridays, every Friday
  • Home office stipend
About us:Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful-it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company's connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where- but who is behind the interaction.The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers-ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We're meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.Trust is backed by data - Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:
  • Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023)
in NYC (2022) * #3 on
of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022) * Forbes Cloud 100 (2021,
) * SAP Pinnacle Awards “
” (2023) * Fintech Breakthrough Awards - Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)Life as a Forterian:We are a team of over 500 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Nordstrom, Priceline, Instacart and ASOS can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at interviewaccommodation@forter.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

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