System Engineer

Smartleaf is a small, profitable, and privately held company which helps some of the largest firms in finance manage portfolios for their clients. More details can be found on our company website:

We are looking for an aspiring Systems Engineer generalist to join the IT/Ops team. A successful candidate is likely to have 4 or more years of experience in technical support or Linux systems administration; homelab experience can be valuable.

This Would Be a Good Fit For You If:

You want the things you build to be useful in the real world. You are building a toolbox of skills and behaviors that allows you to adapt to the requirements of different projects. You learn technical subjects quickly.

There is an overnight on-call rotation. We now average less than one night a month where that involves actually being woken up -- we'd like to make that zero, and you'll have power to help make those changes.

This Team Handles:

building and maintaining environments for development, test, and production

building and maintaining internal & colo networks

helping to maintain IT infrastructure services

some minor desktop user support - MacOS and Linux

automating work with our configuration management systems

documenting work so that you are happy to see it at 3AM

learning project planning, budgeting, and resource management

and everything else that could possibly fall under the IT/Operations umbrella in a small company

Our technology stack includes: Debian Linux, a systems automation suite called Tuttle, Chef, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Rails, C++, Perl, git, svn. We use RequestTracker for ticketing. Juniper networking equipment.

What we need from you:

You have a few years of IT support and/or systems administration.

You are comfortable shell scripting and are learning one or more of Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.

You are clever, competent, and kind.

You can clearly communicate in English, both written and verbal.

You are, or can convincingly fake being, detail-oriented and conscientious.

Other Useful skills include:

mail, web, DNS, routing, firewalls, NAT, ZFS, writing monitoring scripts, using ticketing systems, Postgres, Chef, Debian packaging. Prior experience in a production-oriented role is good. Using any sort of configuration management or automation system is good.

Our offices are a few minutes walk from North Station in Boston, MA, and practically on top of Bowdoin Station on the Blue Line. There's parking near us, a bike rack and our own shower. Dress is casual. Working hours can be flexible. Regular work-from-home is encouraged. This is not an all-remote position.

This role is WFH-friendly but requires the ability to frequently be in the Boston area, and occasionally (1-3x year) travel. Core hours are 10 am - 4 pm EST.

This role reports to: Director of IT/Operations

Core Benefits:

Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance with 100% of premium and deductible covered for employees and family (copay applies)

SIMPLE IRA with 3% company match

Four weeks PTO + NYSE holidays

Flexible hours

How to Apply:

Send your resume (PDF preferred) to . Please include a brief note detailing what interests you in Smartleaf and why you might be a good fit for this role.

Please note: You must have a legal right to work in the United States; Visa transfers and sponsorship are not available at this time.

Smartleaf is an Equal Opportunity Employer.