DevOps Engineer

We are Outbrain.

Outbrain is the world’s leading content discovery platform, serving over 340B personalized recommendations monthly, reaching over 1B users from across the globe.
To support this scale, we manage a fleet of over 8000 physical servers, spread across several data centers. Scalability, reliability and “building the right thing” are in our genes, and we embrace automation and open-source. We love data and what it can tell us about our systems and we make sure to balance life and work to extract the best of both worlds.

We are looking for a passionate team player to join our team. 

You will be part of a talented group of professionals, responsible for automating our physical datacenter operations and managing our own private cloud.

 

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, and maintain server-side applications and APIs for managing and controlling our data centers operations.
• Design, implement and maintain systems to support cloud-like infrastructure procedures.
• Provide self-serve tools for hardware configuration.
• Build and maintain storage open source solutions.
• Automate pipeline for vendor communication.
• Automate hardware lifecycle: from elevation moment till decommission.

 

What you’ll Bring:

• 3+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on automation and infrastructure. 
• 3+ years of experience with programming languages such as Python, Go, or similar. 
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Chef, Terraform, Ansible). 
• Proficiency with Linux systems and server management. 
• Experience using version control tools such as Git. 
• Knowledge of data center operations, including hardware lifecycle management. 
• Familiarity with RESTful API design principles and best practices is a plus. 
• Familiarity with Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a plus.

 

Our team believes that sometimes potential and capabilities come before experience. If you believe that your experience does not fully match our requirements but you think you are up for that challenge - ping us!

 

More than snacks!

• Office and home hybrid working (3 days in the office)
• Expand your toolbox with our mentorship program and internal learning tools
• Pet friendly office
• …and of course a fully stocked kitchen!

 

 

We Recommend #LifeAtOutbrain

Outbrain is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Did you know "trust" is one of our core values? We apply this value to our day-to-day by working collaboratively on a global scale. With managers and teammates often sitting in other countries and time zones, we value communication, patience, and open-mindedness to all cultural backgrounds. We encourage all ideas, and everyone gets a seat at the table!

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our  Employee Resource Groups –employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change. From OB Green (environmental), OB WE (women empowerment), OB Good (charitable initiatives) to OB4E (diversity, equity, and inclusion), you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.

Dive into the Outbrain experience via our Instagram account! 

Hungry for more? Have a closer look at #LifeAtOutbrain exploring our company manifesto, Youtube channel , Outbrain Culture blog and social media channels Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.