Hey HN -<p>Our engineering team of 12 is currently handling 50K requests per second, 500+ servers, and over 20 billion data points per month.<p>We're looking for someone to come in and take over the ops load - and hopefully eventually lead a team of operations engineers.<p>Many of our biggest problems are around infrastructure and scale, and there aren't a lot of startups where you get to work on this stuff.<p>If you're interested, please drop us a line - jobs@mixpanel.com.<p>-----<p>Operations Engineers at Mixpanel are primarily focused on reliability, automation, and physical infrastructure.<p>In this role you will:<p><pre><code> * Diagnose and fix problems with physical hardware and/or software
* Automate tasks such as server configuration and deployment
* Build and maintain monitoring and alerting infrastructure
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Our engineering culture:<p><pre><code> * We do very thorough, line-by-line code reviews using GitHub pull requests. This keeps our code quality high and helps us learn.
* We try to have two people work together on every project (collaborating, not pairing). It's more fun and it results in better code.
* We practice rapid iteration. If it's better than live, we ship. We also build things so they can go live (whitelisted) long before launch day.
* We write tests for things that are mission-critical, prone to failure, or cause paranoia. Think billing and datastore code, not Django views.
* We care about learning. Right now we're reading through Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment.
* We currently have 9 vim users, 2 IntelliJ, and 1 emacs holdout.
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What we are looking for:<p><pre><code> * At least 5 years experience as an Operations Engineer or equivalent
* Experience running 100+ servers (preferably physical rather than virtual) either as the sole Operations Engineer or as a technical leader in a team. You should be the person that people ask for help when they can't solve an operations problem.
* Fluency in python or the ability to learn it quickly. You should be comfortable writing code daily.
* Strong problem solving ability. You should be able to start with a symptom and methodically work through the problem until you find a root cause.
* Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking. You should know how and when to use tools like tcpdump, netstat, ethtool, etc.
* Extensive experience with Linux, especially debugging and performance analysis.
* US work authorization
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Why join Mixpanel?<p><pre><code> * We are profitable, with millions in monthly revenue and over 2,200 paying customers.
* Mixpanel is still a small company, but we are poised for great growth.
* Our product is used by companies like amazon.com, Dropbox, Intuit, OpenTable, and Salesforce.
* We've raised money from top-tier investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Y Combinator.
* There are a lot of cool people here. You will like the people you work with.
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Want to join?<p>What's the hardest operations problem you've ever diagnosed and solved? Explain it in your cover letter in as much detail as you would like.<p>Mixpanel is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer supporting workforce diversity.