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AWS Cloud Architect
latakoo is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to design and implement a cloud reference architecture for robust availability, and cost effectiveness.
This role will require a strong understanding of network topology design, scaling, database backup systems, security, and web application load balancing. Implementation of all AWS resources will require “Infrastructure as Code”, in terraform. This will be a leadership role, and will require mentoring and leading others in best practices. This role will require designing processes for change management and security.
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About latakoo
latakoo is the go-to video workflow solution for some of the biggest broadcasters and content creators in the world. latakoo allows for the fastest file transfer and sends the assets to multiple systems at the same time. The Austin, Texas based Company has won numerous awards for its user focused technology and interoperable products and services. The Company is growing fast, but the original mission remains the same — to enable the proliferation of credible information, to empower journalists and creators, to inform and connect people with video and great storytelling.
Things you’ll own/do:
• Work with the development team to implement cloud solutions for developers.
• Manage the cloud operations team and dev operations.
• Manage all cloud costs, availability, and security.
The ideal candidate has:
• An excellent network topology design skills
• A strong vision for security
• Strong social, communication, and leadership skills
• Expert abilities in the AWS cloud management:
– Terraform
– AWS VPC
– AWS EC2
– AWS Edge technologies
– Some CICD tools
– Queues, Kafka, SQS, etc…
– Bash, some python
– Docker
– RDS
– MYSQL
– REDIS
• Familiarity with other cloud platforms is a plus:
– GCP
– Azure
– VM-Ware
Why you should work at latakoo:
• You’ll get to work in a small team environment.
• You’ll have completely open access and regular communication with a talented leadership team.
• You will get to own projects while also collaborating with experts for solutions.
• You will have the change to design the groundwork for a robust cloud architecture.
• Be part of a company whose tools will be used by some of the largest media companies on a daily basis.
Dev Ops Engineer
latakoo is seeking an experienced Dev Ops engineer to help build an automation strategy for continuous integration, continuous delivery.
This role will require a strong understanding of at least one CICD tool (Circle CI, Jenkins, Harness.io, etc). This will require knowledge of Docker and containerization, building strategies for NodeJS. Scripting languages for automation, Git repository management, Bash, Python, Javascript etc, will also be required.
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About latakoo
latakoo is the go-to video workflow solution for some of the biggest broadcasters and content creators in the world. latakoo allows for the fastest file transfer and sends the assets to multiple systems at the same time. The Austin, Texas based Company has won numerous awards for its user focused technology and interoperable products and services. The Company is growing fast, but the original mission remains the same — to enable the proliferation of credible information, to empower journalists and creators, to inform and connect people with video and great storytelling.
Things you’ll own/do:
• Work with the development team to implement build and deployment solutions.
• You’ll work with the cloud architect to implement automation and AWS resources for developers.
• Manage the build and release automation.
• Help the Cloud Ops team build and manage AWS resources.
The ideal candidate has:
• Strong automation script skills, Python, Bash, etc…
• Good social and communication skills
• Expert abilities in build automation:
– Docker artifacts
– Docker repositories, Tagging
– Git Repo Management
– CICD tools, Harness.io is a plus
– Bash, Python, Javascript
– NodeJS build and npm
– .NET Core builds are a plus
– Kubernetes is desired
• Familiarity with AWS and Terraform is a plus
Why you should work at latakoo:
• You’ll get to work in a small team environment.
• You’ll have completely open access and regular communication with a talented leadership team.
• You will get to own projects while also collaborating with experts for solutions.
• You will have the change to design a robust build and release system from scratch.
• Be part of a company whose tools will be used by some of the largest media companies on a daily basis.
Node.js Developer
latakoo is seeking an experienced nodejs developer to build, and maintain a new generation of latakoo web applications for video and audio processing. The ideal candidate might also have a familiarity with worker-threads, and batch processing, or video processing.
The candidate will work with latakoo’s Web Team to build, deploy, and maintain its cloud media platform and enterprise asset delivery systems. The ideal candidate would be able to build and maintain a server side API framework.
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About latakoo
latakoo is the go-to video workflow solution for some of the biggest broadcasters and content creators in the world. latakoo allows for the fastest file transfer and sends the assets to multiple systems at the same time. The Austin, Texas based Company has won numerous awards for its user focused technology and interoperable products and services. The Company is growing fast, but the original mission remains the same — to enable the proliferation of credible information, to empower journalists and creators, to inform and connect people with video and great storytelling.
Things you’ll own/do:
• Work with the Web Team to interface new and optimized cloud components.
• Leverage and support the web team that includes a DB specialist, front-end developer, and cloud architect.
• Integrate third-party services into latakoo’s product offering and optimize them in terms of cost.
• Support latakoo products and interface with latakoo customers, as needed.
• QA other engineers’ code.
• Survey latest technologies for comparison and or integration into latakoo’s products.
The ideal candidate has:
• An ability to quickly engineer speedy and robust solutions
• A drive to integrate various subsystems and push them into production
• Strong social, communication, and presentation skills
• Expert abilities in the components comprising the latakoo technical stack tech stack, including:
– NODE.JS
– NESTJS
– TYPESCRIPT 8
– WORKER-THREADS
– DOCKER
– SQL SERVER
– MYSQL
– REDIS
– REACT (functional understanding, but expertise is not a requirement)
• Familiarity with other technologies, including, but not limited to:
– HTML Video Playback
– WebVTT
– FFMPEG
Why you should work at latakoo:
• You’ll get to work in a small team environment.
• You’ll have completely open access and regular communication with a talented leadership team.
• You will get to own projects while also collaborating with experts for solutions.
• You’re in a role that can grow into a leadership position over time.
• Your feedback and opinions will be heard specifically.
• Your individual contributions will be admired and awarded.
• You’ll create tools that will be used by some of the largest media companies on a daily basis.