Senior Operations Engineer

Mint.com is a free online personal finance application which aggregates and automatically categorizes your financial data. We use proprietary algorithms to detect patterns in your financial situation, and present savings opportunities customized for you.

Overview
We are rapidly growing and we are seeking a talented individual to join the Operations team in building and scaling Mint's high availability infrastructure. We are looking for a Jack of all trades who can setup server hardware, troubleshoot performance issues, manage mysql databases etc... The environment is Linux, Mysql and Java.

Responsibilities
- Keep the site running
- Build, administer and monitor servers
- Manage databases
- Manage backups/storage
- On call rotation, respond to issues
- Innovate and improve processes.

Requirements
- Must have 5+ year experience in mission critical environment
- Must be a guru at the command line and proficient in shell scripting.
- Must know how to kickstart servers
- Must know how to build RPMs
- Must know how to setup & configure Mysql, replication and restore from backup.
- Must know how to setup & configure apache/tomcat
- Must know how to use LVM
- Must know Nagios, Ganglia and Cacti and how to customize
- Must know how to setup & configure LDAP
- Must have great analytical and troubleshooting skills

Nice to have:
- Experience with Perl/Python/PHP
- Experience with F5 load balancers
- Experience with Juniper firewalls
- Experience with Cisco switches

About Mint:
The company launched it’s free, effortless, online money management service, Mint.com, in September, 2007 with a big win at TechCrunch 40. It’s quickly become the leading personal finance application on the Web – with more than 1,600,000 users. Because Mint.com solves the long–standing problem of easy and free budget and finance management, Mint.com has caught the attention of major national media. The product has also won recognition and multiple awards, including two Webby Awards and an American Business Award. Mint.com is PC Magazine Editors’ Choice, and PCWorld’s top rated service, in the online personal finance category.

We are a small (<50 people) yet diverse group, easygoing and passionate about building something really great and useful.

We're located in downtown Mountain View, CA -- one block from a Caltrain bullet stop and one block from over 50 restaurants -- we never suffer for something good to eat! We have company lunch together on Fridays, often with guests from other valley companies and startups, sometimes followed by impromptu frisbee in the park. We're flexible when needs dictate you work from home (although you'll miss out on free dinner!)

Engineers get their own top-of-the-line laptop with 4GB RAM and a docking station, and flat LCD monitor for their desk. Built-in unlimited mobile broadband is a company-sponsored option. Having the right tools is important.
The company is led by an experienced executive and engineering team, and has raised over $30 million in venture capital from investors Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and notable angels.