System Administrator Codility

We live in a world where programmers code what we use day-to-day. Everyday software breaks down and programs or systems fail due to incorrect code. We want the world to have better software, as we believe that the quality of our lives depends on it. Codility is looking to improve the way of hiring programmers so that instead of spending most of their time interviewing the wrong candidates, programmers can focus on what they do best – create software. We create programming tests that automatically assess the quality of the solutions. This is a powerful way for programmers to demonstrate their skills and for companies to test the fundamental competences of programmers being recruited. Currently we have over 2500 customers worldwide using Codility to assess the skills of the people they want to hire. Our customers love our product and the instant feedback they get from the system.

Your role
Join our SysAdmin in managing production pipeline from programmers' workstations all the way to production servers,
Install new services and improve infrastructure to help us grow,
Manage day-to-day operations such as deployment and data migrations,
Maintain and extend our automated build environment,
Work with a small (10 people and growing) but very active Dev Team that practices continuous delivery,
Monitor system health and assess performance,
Ensure the integrity and stability of our systems,
Help us check the missing items on opsreportcard.com,
Herd daemons and ward the Evil off our systems.

Wymagania

You
Thrive in Linux environment,
Have impeccable English skills,
Understand configuration management tools,
Delegate mundane tasks to programs and scripts (Ruby experience is a plus),
Want to learn new tools and techniques,
Feel at home with the cloud and virtualized environments,
Feel uncomfortable when you see people doing things that could be automated,
Employ and possibly extend the best tools available (contributions to Open-Source projects is a plus),
Understand that DevOps is not about what you do, but how you do it. Warsaw and our offices
We work from Warsaw University Library (a multi-award winning building by the Vistula river with a rooftop garden and ground floor full of cafes and restaurants) and a co-working space in San Francisco. We work hard, get challenged every day and learn a great deal. We also go out to cool places and spend a lot of time together. We own a drone and a (toy) helicopter but the work we do is serious.

Warsaw University's Institute of Informatics (MIMUW) is a top-notch CS faculty worldwide. It hosted ACM-ICPC 2012 and is alma mater to world champions in programming and 1/3 of our team.

Benefits
Private medical care,
Relocation assistance,
Personal equipment,
Flexible working hours and home office,
Growth Budget (for anything that helps you grow),
Take Good Care of Yourself budget (for gym membership, spa, massages).

Convince us with
1. a 1-page CV (in .pdf)
2. a note telling us
What can you tell about our systems and technology stack looking from the outside?
What do you think is the biggest SysAdmin challenge at Codility? Why? How would you approach and handle it?
What are your best practices for SysAdmin / Dev Team collaboration?

Apply here

We test coders

Our story started in 2005 when Greg, our founder, was looking for a quick way to recruit the 20 additional software engineers needed by the IT start-up he worked for in China, while at the same time saving time, money and avoiding stress. The result was the beta version of Codility: a tool to filter out the 90+% of candidates who are unable to deliver correct solutions to easy programming tasks.