DevOps engineer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection – transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.

We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024–2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).

We are looking for а DevOps Engineer.

Your main tasks

• 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 (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 (Grafana, OpenSearch, etc.);
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance developer experience and delivery speed.

We expect from you

• Strong Go (Golang) skills with production experience (building services, tools, or platform components);
• 3–5+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles;
• Strong 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 (Terraform, Ansible);
• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics);
• Good understanding of modern DevOps practices and software delivery lifecycle;
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to take responsibility for technical decisions and outcomes;
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional, distributed team;