devops engineer for social discovery platforms

Social Discovery Group is a group of social discovery companies addressing loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. Its products include social entertainment platforms that connect people online across different cultures and regions.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI/CD
• Support and improve infrastructure across multiple products, including on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments
• Develop and refactor internal platform tools and services in Go, including a next-generation replacement for the current deployment system
• Investigate existing infrastructure, identify weak spots, and propose and drive improvements
• Make stage and ephemeral environments faster, more reliable, and cheaper to run
• Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible
• Improve observability with Grafana, OpenSearch, metrics, and alerting
• Handle operational and support tasks shared across the team, including senior team members
• Work with R&D, QA, SRE, and infrastructure teams to improve developer experience and delivery speed

• 3–5+ Years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering at a senior level
• Hands-on experience deploying and supporting on-premise infrastructure, including hardware- and infrastructure-level troubleshooting
• Practical experience with at least one cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Recent production experience with Go, building tools, exporters, automation, or backend services rather than only scripts
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and GitLab CI/CD
• Strong Linux administration skills
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and Ansible
• Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, and Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics
• Readiness to work with legacy systems and Windows environments, including Windows Server, Hyper-V, and PowerShell, as well as modern stacks
• Ownership mindset, with the ability to take initiatives from start to finish and deliver measurable results
• Self-driven problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate unfamiliar systems independently
• Systems thinking and the ability to identify bottlenecks across the path from code to production
• Clear, pragmatic communication and the ability to deliver iteratively without overengineering
• Collaborative attitude, low ego, and high accountability
• Будет плюсом: experience with several cloud providers or hybrid infrastructure, Helm/Helmfile, VMware or other virtualization platforms, strong networking fundamentals, internal developer platforms (IDP), basic JavaScript/React frontend skills for internal tools

• Remote opportunity to work full-time
• The initial pay level or pay range will be shared during the recruitment process and before employment begins
• 28 Calendar days of vacation per year
• 7 Wellness days per year for household issues or recovery without taking sick leave
• Bonuses of up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants
• 50% Payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings
• Corporate discount for English lessons
• Health benefits: if not eligible for corporate medical insurance, employees can receive compensation of up to $1,000 gross per year for self-purchased health insurance or doctor’s fees for themselves and close relatives
• Workplace equipment is provided in company offices or co-working locations. In other locations, workplace costs are reimbursed up to $1000 gross once every 3 years for co-working or home-office equipment
• Internal gamified gratitude system with bonuses exchangeable for merchandise, team-building activities, massage certificates, and other rewards