DevOps Engineer
Western Cape, South Africa | Hybrid
About the job
At Solenya—which, fun fact, means "pickle"—we’re tackling an extremely complex problem: zero-shot multimodal personalized search and recommendations. It’s the secret sauce that will soon transform e-commerce as we know it.
Some would say we’re sinking our teeth into a real… pickle.
Okay, please forgive the puns that follow…these postings can be so dull to read (and boring to write) that we tried to have some fun. Our tech is better than our jokes…promise.
Our product is not just a dream; we’ve got the crunch to back it up. Our first client is already loving the flavour - we’ve raised fresh funding thanks to strong results, and now we’re scaling up to bring cutting-edge research and tech to the masses. Our founder successfully built and scaled a startup before, and we’re poised to make a big splash (or, in our case, a satisfying bite).
It’s highly challenging, ground-breaking work, and our current team is the perfect recipe: hardworking, brilliant, and genuinely nice people.
Are you the kind of person who sees a pickle jar and wonders about the back-end infrastructure that keeps it fresh? Then, you might just be the perfect addition to our Solenya team!
Responsibilities
This year, as we gear up to scale production, research, and customer onboarding, we’re looking for specialists to take charge of our infrastructure needs. Working hand-in-hand with our Machine Learning Engineers and Researchers, you’ll be a crucial part of the team, keeping the infra running smoothly.
Here’s what’s on the menu:
- Architecting and maintaining scalable, containerized environments for AI model deployment
- Implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration and delivery
- Automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration with IaC tools (the pickle-perfect precision we need!)
- Screwing on the lids to keep everything fresh and secure
- Optimizing system performance and crafting robust monitoring and logging solutions
- Ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery for our Model and Data Infrastructure
Qualifications
As our DevOps Engineer, you’ll be the brine that keeps our systems crisp, fresh, and ready to wow. We’re looking for someone who’s as passionate about scaling complex systems as we are about transforming e-commerce.
Here’s what will help you shine in this role:
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps
- Deep understanding of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Proficiency in infrastructure automation with tools like Terraform
- Experience with cloud platforms
- Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash (scripts so good, they’re dill-icious)
- Familiarity with ML/AI deployment practices (a bonus for those who relish cutting-edge tech)
- Intermediate pottery skills
- Personal friends with Jensen Huang
Culture is paramount to us. We’re looking to augment our team with colleagues who demonstrate leadership, set goals for themselves, embrace new challenges and feedback, and exhibit excellence. They’ll be community-oriented, and are living an exciting life. Humour is good too - we like to laugh.
If you’re ready to relish the challenge, we’d love to hear from you! Time’s up… let’s do this.
🙂 Additional information
Solenya is proud to be open to all. Got warmth, courage, and a bit of brilliance? Solenya’s the jar for you! Please apply even if you feel you don’t fit a traditional mould. We judge only the flavour, not the label. Come as you are and shine with us!
Send your github to careers{at}solenya.ai and tell us how you can spice up our team!