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Want to build a worldwide brand from Taiwan, and to communicate our brand story to millions of users worldwide?
Want to be based in Taiwan but work in a silicon-valley-like environment, and to build world-class brand and products?
Want to participate in the global fintech and blockchain movement, and work at an English-speaking workplace?
Come change the world with us! Join this fast-growing startup founded by software veterans and funded by top VCs, Skype co-founders, and the Taiwanese government (NDF)!
We’re hiring for an experienced SRE Engineer. The exact mix of other skills does not matter, so long as your tool chest includes a mix of abilities. Be willing to attack anything that comes your way, learn on the fly and get things done.
Come talk to us if you want to push your skillset in a dynamic fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure to ensure 24/7 system availability and security
- Optimize system architecture and performance by identifying bottlenecks
- Deploy and maintain monitoring tools like Zabbix, Nagios, and ELK; create custom scripts as needed
- Support high-availability setups for applications and databases; handle backups and troubleshooting
- Collaborate with backend, product, and infrastructure teams to design scalable systems
- Document operations, incidents, and support internal IT needs
- Participate in on-call rotation
Requirements
- 3+ years in Linux system administration and 24/7 ops
- Proficient in MySQL/AWS RDS management and automation, including hot/cold database architecture
- Deep expertise in AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, Aurora, Beanstalk, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS, CloudFormation, etc)
- Skilled in automation tools like Chef and Ansible
- Strong understanding of system/network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting in Linux
- Experience with high-availability systems (EKS, MongoDB, Kafka) and large-scale web architecture
- Solid knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and incident handling
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
Location: Taipei (check it out on Google Maps!)
About XREX
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