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Twitter

Operations Engineer - Search

Description:

About Us

Twitter is a great place to work. We hire talented, motivated people and hand them big problems to solve. We have a great new space, an army of passionate users, and a very bright future. Our team is growing a lot in the near future -- maybe you should join us.

About this Job

Our Operations Engineers have a challenging and ever-changing role here. Twitter represents an evolving intersection of web, mobile, and API traffic, all of which is quickly growing. This combines in a complex and dynamic operations environment. We are looking to add a new member to our team focused on scaling Twitter Search in a cost-effective and reliable way.

Responsibilities

Continually improve the performance and scalability of the Twitter service
Monitor service stability and performance
Troubleshoot issues with hardware, software, applications and network
Critically analyze operational metrics
Prioritize tasks and work independently, while interacting with product and engineering teams
Configure servers and network
Write scripts to monitor and automate processes
Document current and future configuration processes and policies
Participate in rotating 24x7 on-call troubleshooting

Qualifications

Experience in operations department of large-scale search service
Demonstrable knowledge of search query processing and indexing
Demonstrable knowledge of SQL databases
Demonstrable scripting and programming skills
4+ years of experience with Linux

Track record of practical problem solving

Preferred

B.S. in computer science or equivalent experience
Experience with Ruby on Rails stack performance tuning
Experience with JVM-based application stacks
Experience with memcache
Active user of Twitter

Working at Twitter

Twitter offers competitive salaries and full benefits, including health, dental, vacation, 401k, and stock options. We work in a bright, sunny office in San Francisco. And you'll be joining a unique group of experienced folks who are doing their best work to create something great.

The position is full-time and is based in San Francisco and will report to the Director of Engineering and Operations. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Location(s):

San Francisco,CA,US

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