DevOps Engineer (Video Services)

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot existing infrastructure, applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy and manage services in self-hosted Kubernetes clusters and Google Cloud (GCP) environments.
• Perform system updates, backups, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Implement automation and improvements using Python and shell scripting.
• Collaborate on integrations, infrastructure enhancements, and incident resolution with engineering teams.

Requirements

• Kubernetes
• Google Cloud
• GKE
• GitLab CI/CD
• Argo CD
• Helm
• Docker
• Python
• Bash scripting
• Linux administration
• Ubuntu/RHEL
• MongoDB
• PostgreSQL
• MSSQL
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Alertmanager
• CI/CD
• GitOps

Preferred Qualifications

• Windows Server
• Active Directory
• WSFC
• Bitrix administration
• Experience with DB HA and replication
• Prior work in video/streaming services

Benefits

• Remote full-time opportunity
• 28 calendar days annual leave
• 7 wellness days per year
• Bonus referral program (up to $5,000)
• 50% reimbursement for professional training and conferences
• Corporate discount for English lessons
• Medical insurance reimbursement (up to $1,000 gross/year if not eligible)
• Workplace equipment reimbursement (up to $1,000 gross every 3 years)
• Internal rewards/gamified gratitude system

About the Company

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global social discovery company operating 60+ brands and serving over 500 million users. SDG builds communication platforms with AI, game mechanics, and video streaming across brands such as Dating.com, Cupid Media and others. The international team of ~1200 digital nomads works across many countries including UAE. SDG invests in tech startups and fosters a distributed, trust-based culture. This role supports video services infrastructure and is open to remote candidates worldwide.