DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and develop internal services and tools in Go to support deployment automation and an internal developer platform
• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
• Improve and support Kubernetes-based environments for production and pre-production
• Contribute to the evolution of the internal deployment platform (Packman)
• Optimize stage and ephemeral environments for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible
• Improve observability through monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance developer experience and delivery speed

Requirements

• Strong Go (Golang) skills with production experience
• 3–5+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Solid experience with CI/CD tools, preferably GitLab CI/CD
• Strong Linux administration skills
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and Ansible
• Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics
• Fluent Russian and intermediate (B1) or higher English level

Benefits

• Remote work opportunity
• 28 calendar days of vacation per year
• 7 wellness days per year
• Up to $5,000 referral bonuses
• 50% payment for professional training and international conferences
• Corporate discount for English lessons
• Health benefits compensation up to $1,000 gross per year
• Workplace reimbursement up to $1,000 gross every 3 years
• Internal gamified gratitude system

About the Company

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies solving problems of loneliness and isolation by transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.