About Us

Interested in working for a human-centered technology company that prides itself on using modern tools and technologies? Want to be surrounded by intensely curious and innovative thinkers who push one another to come up with the best solutions possible?

Modeling ourselves after the 1904 World’s Fair, which brought innovation to the region, 1904labs is seeking top talent in St. Louis to bring innovation and creativity to help us continue to grow.

We help enterprise organizations turn their digital transformation ideas into reality. Working in a team-based labs model, using our #HCDAgile methodology, we strive to innovatively solve problems while keeping humans at the center.

The Role

As a Cloud DevOps Engineer you will be charged with supporting teams routinely asked to press the boundaries of the possible. You will help to shape our use of automation tooling, and development of micro-services infrastructure while working with massively distributed systems. You will be at home in Linux and aware of the operating system fundamentals in terms of configuration, security, and networking. This role is right for you if you have also considered the role of Site Reliability Engineer or Delivery Engineer.

However, you are not "just a system administrator", your real passion is software development and you think that Cloud DevOps is an enabler to help increase your ability to deliver with speed and scale. You possess strong fundamental knowledge of computer science, you are able to articulate the benefits and tradeoffs of competing technology choices and approaches. You are comfortable in Test Driven, CI supported, and high quality team based environments. We have a deep passion for application architecture, infrastructure automation, systems and integration design, API and application development.

Basic Qualifications

We would like to talk to you if you have two plus years of professional experience with two or more of the following technologies and environments:

• Automation: Docker, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc. . . For building automated deployment processes in a professional environment

• Languages: Python or Java or Shell Scripting

• DevOps: Experience working with linux tuning and administration

• Micro-services: deployment and development experience in a professional environment

• Cloud Native: Provisioning Azure, AWS, and or Google Cloud environments as well as working with tools like Cloud Foundry and / or Kubernetes

• Cloud Integration: Experience with Azure, AWS, GCP and / or Cloud Foundry based services for building container based systems and integration

• Database: Experience with RDBMS(Oracle, MySql, PostGres) as well as NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Hbase)

Desired Skills

• MicroServices Architecture and Design

• Programming: Proficient awareness of multiple programming languages and operating systems

• Agile: Experience working in a collaborative Agile Environment

Why Choose 1904labs?

• Innovation Hours - 10% of our work week is set aside to work on our own ideas and projects. We believe that giving folks the time and space to innovate and tinker allows them to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the work we do.

• Innovation First - work where it makes sense - each day we want you, in conversation with your team, to work from where it makes the most sense.

• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits (medical, dental, paid parental leave, 401k match).

• We invest in the personal and professional growth of every employee because we believe growth leads to innovative solutions and personal fulfillment.

• Career paths are crafted by you and supported and nurtured by 1904labs.

• Experienced team made up of intensely curious and innovative thinkers from a variety of disciplines who inspire each other to come up with the best solutions possible. 

• Being a trusted advisor to our clients allows us to affect change within their organizations.

• We work to create an intentional culture crafted around promoting and supporting the needs of our employees as whole people.

• Flexible schedules and a Human-Centered approach to work.

• Strong commitment to the community. Take advantage of the relationships we’ve built with our established community partners or pursue any other community endeavor you are passionate about.

At 1904labs, we believe that inclusion inspires innovation. Our goal is to hire innovative, courageous, intensely curious, and team-minded people, and we are committed to fair hiring practices and equal treatment and opportunity in all areas of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law. 1904labs is an equal opportunity employer; committed to an environment of inclusion, free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.