Metal production accounts for 10% of all human generated greenhouse gases. One of the most effective paths to reducing those emissions is by maximizing our recovery of metals through recycling, which requires a fraction of the energy compared to mining.

VALIS’ mission is to lead a circular economy powered by data that protects the planet, its resources, and its inhabitants. We are a B2B SaaS company that provides next generation technology to metal recyclers enabling them to optimize their process by making data-driven decisions. We’re focused on integrating and improving processes along the entire recycling chain, so the materials of yesterday are properly recovered to meet the demands of tomorrow.

We’re an early-stage company, backed by leading climate-tech VC’s, looking to bring on new team members that can help us build VALIS into the successful, impactful business we know it can be. We lead with authenticity, boldness, passion, and empathy focused on creating a more sustainable future. A career at VALIS is one where you’ll be empowered to expand your technical and leadership abilities while having a positive impact on the world.

Role Description

We are looking for a infrastructure engineer to join our software development team. The ideal candidate would have proven experience managing data-intensive cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and setting up alerting. We are looking for someone to lead all things infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, deployment, and networking, working closely with our CTO and Product Development Lead. Your work will extend beyond strictly infrastructure deployment and management, as you’ll need to collaborate with the product development team on requirements, refining processes, and designing solutions, in addition to working with customers for networking and system integration solutions. You can expect to gain a deep understanding of the metals recycling industry through direct engagement with scrap metal processors, and other industry stakeholders. There will be a blend of greenfield design and deployment, in addition to refining and refactoring existing infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Managing and automating cloud infrastructure with IaC tools
• Building Continuous Deployment (CD) tooling & process
• Linux system administration of remote edge servers on customer sites
• Building robust monitoring and alerting infrastructure
• Collaborating on design and deployment of infrastructure for new integrations with industrial equipment
• Taking part in customer discussions around on-site networking for system integration
• Working closely with the product development team to understand requirements & refine processes
• Empower the product development team to deploy rapidly with confidence

Requirements

• Proven experience as Cloud engineer, DevOps engineer, Infrastructure engineer, SRE, or similar role
• Strong knowledge of

• Containers
• Linux system administration
• AWS (e,g., S3, ECS, RDS, Kinesis, IoT, Lamda, CloudFront, CloudWatch)
• Networking

• Writing infrastructure-as-code (IaC, e.g. Pulumi)
• Deploying monitoring solutions (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus)
• CI/CD, build and release pipelines

• Application security (DevSecOps)
• C#
• Databases

• SQL
• Relational databases (e.g. Postgres)
• OLAP DBMS tools (e.g. ClickHouse)

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 401k Contribution
• Paid Time Off (Sick, Personal & Public Holidays, Unlimited Vacation)
• Training & Professional Development
• Employee Stock Option Plan