Arena is a Series A company backed by top-tier investors such as CRV, Redpoint and Craft Ventures. Arena offers a unique work environment and the chance to collaborate with diverse teammates across multiple countries, with a culture of ownership (autonomy, growth, and responsibility).
We are a startup created in Silicon Valley with a mission to build communities for creators, publishers and brands with the power of AI. Companies using Arena include Disney, Reuters, Fox, Red Bull and NFL. We have +2,000 customers in 150 countries and with +50M users having conversations on Arena per month and engaging with our Agent AI.
Sometimes you're stuck in a job that doesn't make sense. Refactoring code from ages ago, the stack is miles away from what it's supposed to be. If you love a good challenge, enjoy solving meaningful problems, and want to be a part of one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the Silicon Valley — then Arena is the company you're looking for.
The challenges:
* High performance systems with API responses in the 10ms range;
* Highly scalable architecture using auto-scaling policies, distributed systems and container orchestration;
* High availability infrastructure powering homepages of some of the most visited websites and apps on the internet;
* Building infrastructure that enables product teams to ship fast with reliability and observability.
Our Stack:
* AWS;
* DigitalOcean;
* Terraform;
* Docker;
* GitHub & GitHub Actions;
* Node;
* React;
* TypeScript;
* Vercel;
* CloudWatch;
* Kong API Gateway;
* Cloudflare;
* Varnish.
Work Experience:
3–5 years of relevant DevOps / Infrastructure / SRE experience.
Must-Have Experience:
* AWS infrastructure experience with:
o ECS (Fargate);
o Lambda;
o RDS (PostgreSQL);
o DocumentDB (MongoDB compatible);
o S3;
o CloudFront;
o API Gateway;
o WAF;
o SES;
o IAM;
o VPC networking.
* Infrastructure as Code using Terraform;
* CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (or similar);
* Containerization using Docker and container orchestration with ECS;
* Strong networking fundamentals: load balancers, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, CDNs;
* Monitoring and observability using Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus or similar;
* Database operations with MongoDB/DocumentDB and PostgreSQL;
* Fluent written and spoken English.
Nice-to-Have Experience:
* Kong API Gateway or other gateway technologies (NGINX, Envoy);
* DigitalOcean infrastructure;
* Varnish cache configuration and CDN optimization;
* FinOps and cloud cost optimization;
* Serverless frameworks for Lambda deployments;
* OpenVPN configuration and administration;
* Experience with high-scale systems (1M+ concurrent connections).
Example Projects You’ll Be Working on:
* Build fully redundant production environment with automated switchover capabilities;
* Build fully automated CI/CD pipeline;
* Build fully automated production scaling system;
* Build fully automated monitoring and early-warning systems;
* Implement SOC 2 / ISO 27001 compliance;
* Monitor and maintain systems security and data privacy.
We also have some sweet perks like:
Be a part of the team in Silicon Valley and join a global team
A team of exceptional engineers leading the cutting-edge AI Agents.
Competitive salary package & benefits
⛱️ 4 weeks of paid time-off
Learning and Development budget