About Us:

SelfDecode is a fast-growing biotech startup in the personalized health space. We build software to help interpret peoples’ genetics, lab tests and symptoms in order to give personalized health recommendations.

• Our primary goal is to give people the tools they need to live a healthier and better life.

Our outlook:

• We are a flat organization and prioritize efficiency.
• We work as a team and every input and suggestion is taken into account, no matter who it comes from.
• We thrive on open communication and dedication.
• We are a meritocracy and people who show good abilities or skills can move up in the organization fast, get raises, etc...
• We expect people to work full time without side gigs.
• We expect the applicant to have a long term relationship with our company.
• We expect employees to be proactive and autonomous.
• We do not micromanage.
• Dishonesty is not tolerated at all, and we thrive on trust.
• When you're working, we expect you to work.
• We emphasize skills & abilities rather than formal education.

We are very selective in our process because we look for a very long-term, full-time partnership with our employees. We try to keep the application process as short as possible, so that we don't waste anyone's time. 

Job Type and Pay:

We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer with significant skills and experience. Pay will be in accordance with abilities, skills, experience, hustle, leadership, level of English proficiency and location. 

• Full time - we expect people to put in 40 hrs a week or more
• Fully Remote.
• No agencies.
• Salary: $20-$35/hr USD as a contractor - depending on skills, speed, experience, proficiency in our tech stack, location, English fluency, leadership abilities, work hustle & drive, personality, plusses listed, etc...
• Equity is also available for outstanding applicants and those with leadership abilities - people who can take on a leadership role.

The Ideal Candidate:

- Is an open minded person.

- Is an eager and quick learner.

- Is a PhD of Googling

- Can debug an issue anywhere: backend, frontend, platform.

- Can communicate efficiently.

- Can work independently when needed.

- Has clear thinking under pressure.

The Ideal Candidate also has solid understanding and usage experience of most of the following technologies while willing to learn the rest:

- Python  

• Django
• Django Rest Framework
• pip8
• pytest
• flake8
• mypy, typing
• pdb

    - JS  

• node
• npm
• react

- Docker  

• Designing docker images
• docker-compose
• WSL2+docker

- Linux administration  

• Bash Shell
• make

- GIT  

• Advanced history manipulation

- PostgreSQL  

• Basic DBA skills

- AWS  

• CloudFormation
• CloudFront
• Lambda
• API Gateways
• ECR+ECS+Fargate
• Secrets Manager and Systems Manager
• Event Bus
• IAM
• and more...

- Serverless Framework

Extra tech and experience is a plus.