Why CAST AI?
CAST AI is the leading Kubernetes cost optimization platform for AWS, GCP and Azure customers. The company is on a mission to deliver a fully automated Kubernetes experience. What’s unique about CAST AI is that its platform goes beyond monitoring clusters and making recommendations; it utilizes advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze and automatically optimize clusters, saving customers 50% or more on their cloud spend, improving performance and reliability, and boosting DevOps and engineering productivity.The company has raised $73M from investors including Cota Capital, Creandum, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Vintage Investment Partners.
CAST AI has more than 120 employees globally and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.However, this is merely the beginning. Our product roadmap is filled with exciting innovations that are yet to come. We are searching for intelligent, motivated, and self-reliant people to help us fulfill this ambitious mission.
Core values that hold us all together:
DEVELOP AND HIRE THE BEST:
Be curious and improve continuously to foster personal development and professional growth.
LEAD:
Take ownership, never kick the can, and drive things forward in a full-power mode. The company is in your hands.
EXPECT AND ADVOCATE CHANGE:
Constantly welcome new ideas and opinions. Share insights responsibly with unwavering openness, honesty, and respect.
PRACTICE CUSTOMER OBSESSION:
The customer always, always, always comes first. Solve the customer’s problem, be open to feedback, act on it, and the rest will follow.
Role overview
CAST AI is seeking a skilled senior software engineer with strong fundamentals on data science. Expertise in databases and caching is considered a big advantage. The candidate will be able to work on a stealth project with a high impact on the outcome.
- Experience with data science and machine learning
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a production environment
- Strong programming skills in Go and/or C+
- Experience with databases: postgres, mysql, mongo, clickhouse
- Experience working with and developing performant and robust caching
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Here are some of the technologies we use in the stack:
- Clickhouse for business metrics
- Jupyter Notebooks for troubleshooting system behaviors from collected metrics
- GCP PubSub for messaging
- GRPC and REST APIs
- GitLab CI with ArgoCD as our GitOps CD engine
- Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo for observability
- Deployment charts are written in Helm.
Experience with everything mentioned is not a strict prerequisite for the ideal candidate, but it does offer a competitive edge.
What's in it for you?
- A team of highly skilled professionals with whom to work and learn.
- Impact and visibility. Every feature engineers develop is being seen and recognized.
- Monthly salary from €6000 to €8000 (gross) depending on the level of experience.
- Short feedback loop. We have an obsession with customer satisfaction. We ship features fast and get instant feedback. Feature projects tend to be completed in 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the scope.
- Flexible working location and hours. We deliver instead of sitting in the office from 8 to 5.
- Performance reviews every 6 months, which ensure that engineer's compensation is in line with the value created.
- Skin in the game. Every employee gets a share of the company.
- Time to focus on work with a minimum overhead of meetings, bureaucracy, etc.
- 10% time to focus on self-improvement or personal projects.
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If you feel excited - get on board!
