Infrastructure Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Infrastructure Engineer with experience in AWS and Kubernetes. Help us migrate some of our infrastructure technologies and services running on AWS to Kubernetes. We are looking for cooperation on a long-term basis.Work at an interesting scale. Luigi's Box handles millions of searches every day, and we measure the number of requests in thousands per second. Join a company of experts who build the top search & analytics engine in Europe.

Luigi's Box is a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution providing site search and product discovery tools for e-commerce websites. Our analytics , search , product listing and recommender ensure that ecommerce sites deliver fast, relevant, and personalized results for every query.

Luigi's Box increases conversions and sales for more than 3,000 e-shops, including Alza, Benu, O2, Acer, Kosik, Under Armour, Orsay, KiK and other big names on the Czech, Slovak, Polish and the EU market.

Be part of it as our Infrastructure Engineer

Luigi's Box handles millions of requests every day. Our customers expect us to deliver technological perfection, with no downtime, using technologies that meet their needs.

You will be the third member of the team responsible for data infrastructure, which we run on the AWS cloud. Your first larger task will be to help us shape the future of infrastructure at Luigi's Box by migrating parts of our stack running on AWS to the new Kubernetes cluster.

This task will take several months, maybe a year. Later on, we expect you to help with the long-term management, performance, security, observability and general maintenance of all of our infrastructure. The number of customers and requests is growing constantly and our infrastructure needs adjusting to remain efficient and meet the needs of our customers.

Other tasks may include:

• Capacity planning, infrastructure scaling, launching and decommissioning infrastructure
• Elasticsearch cluster management, automation of administrative tasks
• Aiding in launching new services
• Identifying problems and possible technological improvements
• Monitoring services and alert settings, documentation of processes, playbooks creation
• Working hand in hand with search, recommendation and product team to bring out best in our services in terms of stability, reliability, resiliency and performance
• Participation in on-call rotation

• Being comfortable with UNIX toolchain, basic networking concepts, shell scripting and automation
• Proficiency in Ruby or Python , or other object-oriented programming language and willingness to learn something new
• Hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and scaling applications on Kubernetes
• Knowledge of our basic stack, which includes Terraform, Ansible, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached and AWS managed services such as Lambda, CloudWatch, Kinesis and S3
• Experiences in running ElasticSearch in production workloads
• Being comfortable helping with paying down our technical debts just as well as dreaming and creating for the future
• Fluent English and comfortability with writing down concepts, explanations and documentation

• You should have a mid-level experience , so you won't be surprised by what is required from production deployment or established product
• Be the person we want to work with on Monday morning or Friday afternoon (we will do the same). It means you really like the job, take initiative and do what is required without being told.
• You are able to work autonomously and to find effective solutions independently
• Ownership. You o wn your tasks with diligence and reliability.
• Team player. You understand that it's not about you. It's about the customer getting a smooth service from the Luigi's Box team.

• We are turning a page and betting on Kubernetes for the future of our infrastructure. Be part of it.
• You will work on challenging tasks to improve our infrastructure
• Interesting scale. We measure the number of requests in thousands of requests per second.
• You will work with experts who know about search more than you think is humanly possible.
• Mentoring and readiness to help

• Start in April/May 2024
• Remote / from EU
• or Hybrid / from Prague or Bratislava
• Cooperation on a long-term basis
• B2B Contract
• Monthly compensation 4500 – 5000€, as an invoiced amount
• Fluent English – is a must
• Slovak or Czech language – is a nice to have

Your Infrastructure team is led by highly experienced CTO and co-founder Tomáš (aka Kremso). The closest colleagues and our infrastructure ninjas are Pali, Head of Infrastructure and another Tomáš, Senior Infrastructure Engineer. Mentoring from seniors, mutual support, daily meetings and feedback are part of our culture.

• Work for a dynamic scale-up in a trending SaaS business with a functional product and paying customers. This gives you the benefit of working for a stable company in the long term.
• Monthly all-hands meetings where you learn what we're working on in the company
• ESOP – employee stock ownership plan
• We are a team of over ∼80 people in 5 European countries.
• You can meet us in 2 permanent offices in Bratislava and Prague, or 1 coworking in Warsaw
• You have the opportunity to define your role and processes
• We like to be efficient, so we listen to your ideas
• Culture of close collaboration, frequent online team meetings
• Jira, Confluence, Slack, Hubspot, Zendesk, Google drive are our places for teamwork
• B2B contract and monthly pay in Euros by 10th day of month
• 20 or 25 paid days off and 7 sick days as per company policy
• Flexible working hours, 40 hours a week. You deliver results and are reliable – in return, we respect if you ever need to run errands.
• Hardware reimbursed or provided as per company policy
• Yes, it is possible to work remotely. However, we look forward to meeting you in person at events or during your induction period. So ideally, if you're in the area near Slovakia and our time zone.
• Team building activities, internal workshops and off-site activities, events for clients
• We cover 25 – 90 % of the cost of selected language or professional courses
• Multisport card (SK, CZ) or equivalent (other countries)
• Online small talks with remote colleagues
• Office life provides parking in the city center for cars or bikes, roof-top terrace, massages, company breakfast, sweet treats, speciality coffee in the office or nearby street café
• Irregular informal team events in Bratislava, Warsaw, Prague: let's grab a beer or, Christmas dinner, quizzes, sports events (such as volleyball, go-karts, laser room)

• Click the 'Apply' button and submit your LinkedIn profile or CV
• Next steps: a screening call, an interview with the CTO. A practical assignment similar to the tasks on the position may follow or an on-site test day if close to one of our offices.
• A successful candidate can also expect a call with the CEO and a request for references.
• Luigi's Box is one of the best Search SaaS solutions on the market. A proven market fit
• Search solution recognized by Gartner Market Guide for Digital Commerce Search 2022 among other ~20 top solutions (Algolia, Bloomreach, etc.)
• Recognition by Deloitte CE Technology Fast 50 as one of the leading technology companies in 2022 and 2023
• G2 results against other market leaders: the highest scored in the subcategory: E-Commerce Search Software for Small-Business in 2023
• E-commerce Germany Awards – Best Analytics Tool
• Luigi's Box increases conversions and sales for companies such as Alza, Electroworld, Benu, O2 and other big names
• Luigi's Box influences the ecommerce market and works with the biggest e‐commerce clients.
• More than 50% of the top e-commerce companies in the SK/CZ market already use Luigi's Box