Principal Network Engineer

Must-haves

• 6+ Years professional technical experience
• Excellent English (written and verbal)
• Open to work remotely for 6-12 months, and / or:
• Open to relocate to Germany or USA within 12 months

About this position

Experiment, automate, monitor, and repeat. That's how we've built the world's highest performance sales email delivery network with a tiny talented team. You'll design and deploy extensions to our networks across a variety of hosting companies and service providers. You'll work closely with Leandro (Principal Engineer) and Cesar (Head of Operations) to creatively scale our networks to meet customer demand.

About you

You're part Linux Admin, part Network architect, part Dev Ops, all curious. You are a versatile technical leader, with strong opinions on how software should be organised and managed. You worry about security and performance, but not often, because automating complex systems gives you deep satisfaction. You're excited to be employee #6 in a daring salestech startup. You like working with sharp, creative people, and look forward to growing a team under you soon.

What we're looking for

Technical skills

• DNS and network infrastructure
  • firewalls
  • TCP
  • HTTP protocols and servers
  • TLS
  • webservices scripting (e.g. REST)
• Email infrastructure
  • SMTP (e.g. protocol and DSN)
  • IMAP (basics)
  • Postfix (setup, scripting, automation)
  • Dovecot and milters
  • DKIM
  • SPF
  • DMARC
• SQL (generic) and server administration (e.g. Postgres and SQLite)
• Docker
• Reverse proxies (e.g. Traefik and Apache)
• Git
• Golang
• Load balancing
• Automated network monitoring
• CI/CD (e.g. GitLab CI)

Personal skills

• Clear communication of complex concepts
• Leadership experience, including managing others
• Rapid design and testing of new networking concepts
• Interest in writing short and effective documentation
• Brainstorming creative solutions as a team
• Critical thinking under pressure
• Sense of humour 😁