Systems Software Engineer for new Gaming Start Up
Our client is a start-up gaming company in Seattle, WA with a huge future ahead of it!  It’s small and growing and building momentum. Our client’s product is cloud based and utilizes multiple different clouds.  We are looking for a Systems Software Engineer to build next generation infrastructure.  This is the chance for you to build server management infrastructure the right way.  You’ll build scaling and automation that factors in security, failover, and quality/analytic tools to track stuff like packet loss, performance, latency, etc.  Our client is tapping into things that are new in their industry.  In the CIO’s words, “This is an amazing opportunity for someone who wants to go on an epic ride”.  
Responsibilities:
•	Ensure our client’s service remains available and reliable.  
•	Create tools that reliably manage infrastructure. You must be able to write clean, re-usable OO code that is elegant and simple.  There is more to this job than scripting and systems administration. 
•	Write maintainable code with extensive test coverage  
•	Most of the work will need to be done in ruby, but other platforms, languages and open source components may be appropriate for different pieces of the project.
•	Support and improve upon production systems.
•	Own server image configurations, while collaborating with server engineers to optimize for reliability, failover, scale and task performance.
Requirements:
•	Must have a distributed systems foundation and a service-oriented mindset.  
•	First-hand experience with what happens when infrastructure tools fail.
•	Ideally you have worked at both a startup and a large infrastructure provider.  
•	2-3 years of coding experience either professionally or academically, though more experience would be great. You have shipped and maintained mission-critical tools and infrastructure that many other people depend on.
•	You are a strong coder who works well independently.
Even Better If:
•	You’ve developed software tools to manage 1000’s of servers.
•	Knowledge of different clouds, like: EC2, Rackspace, Voxel, Azure, etc.
•	Experience with infrastructure automation and private cloud.
•	You have contributed to a widely used open source project, or you started or led a project.  
•	You read up on and experiment with new technologies because it’s in your nature, not because it’s a job requirement.
•	Computer Science degree (bachelors, masters, whatever) preferred
This is a full time opportunity with full medical, dental and vision insurance.  This position is located in Seattle, WA.  Our client strongly believes in good work-life balance.  If you feel that you might be a good fit for this opportunity, please email me at jennifer@vitalsourcestaffing.com with a copy of your resume for immediate considerations!