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
- Docker
- Designing docker images
- docker-compose
- WSL2+docker
- Linux administration
- GIT
- Advanced history manipulation
- PostgreSQL
- 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.