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Middle DevOps Engineer

TLDR

Keep Kubernetes infrastructure self-healing, tune Karpenter scaling, and build Grafana, Slack, Firebase, and Sentry observability for a high-load product.

In this role, you will
  • Keep our Kubernetes infrastructure smooth and self-healing, maintaining manifests that power a high-load, real-time product

  • Fine-tune Karpenter so our nodes scale up and down exactly when they need to, no waste, no lag

  • Build the alerting nervous system of our infra, piping critical issues straight to Slack before they become incidents

  • Design Grafana dashboards that give the team a clear, real-time view of both tech health and product metrics

  • Set up Firebase alerts for Cloud Functions to catch issues at the source

  • Roll out Artifactory (e.g. JFrog) and unlock automated testing on CI, making releases faster and safer

  • Own cost control and optimization, turning infrastructure spend into a metric you actively improve

  • Connect the dots between Gitlab, Slack, and Approvals, and stand up a self-hosted Sentry to give the team full visibility into what's breaking and why

  • It’s all about you
  • 3+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer in production environments

  • Solid experience with AWS services: EC2, ECR, EKS, S3, SQS, SNS, Route53

  • Experience supporting a self-hosted Kafka cluster and building custom monitoring metrics

  • Strong Terraform configuration skills

  • Hands-on experience with K8s, Flux, Kustomize, Helm setup

  • Experience with Gitlab pipelines

  • Experience with infra monitoring and alerting tools

  • Practical AI knowledge and active hands-on use of AI tools (e.g. Claude) in daily work

  • Would be a plus
  • Well-organized and result-oriented, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines

  • Proactive, able to learn fast, strong critical thinking

  • Experience with Node.js

  • What we offer
  • Care and support: 
  • 20 paid vacation days, 15 sick leave days, and 6 additional days off for family events

  • 100% medical insurance coverage

  • Sports and equipment reimbursement

  • Team building events, corporate gifts, and stylish merch

  • Financial and legal support

  • Maternity Recovery Support Allowance

  • Position retention and support for those who join the Armed Forces of Ukraine

  • Participation in social initiatives supporting Ukraine

  • Comfortable working environment:
  • Work from our Kyiv hub or remotely with a flexible schedule

  • Modern equipment or depreciation of your own tools

  • Investment in your future:
  • Collaborate with a highly-skilled team of Middle & Senior professionals, sharing practical cases and expertise in the social networking niche

  • 70% of our heads and leads have grown into their roles here – so can you!

  • Performance-oriented reviews and Individual Development Plans (IDPs)

  • Reimbursement for professional courses and English classes

  • Corporate library, book club, and knowledge-sharing events

  • Hiring process
  • Intro call

  • Technical interview

  • Interview with Hiring Manager

  • Reference check

  • Offer

  • Benefits

    Flexible Work Hours

    Work from our Kyiv hub or remotely with a flexible schedule

    Free Meals & Snacks

    Team building events, corporate gifts, and stylish merch

    Health Insurance

    100% medical insurance coverage

    Home Office Stipend

    Modern equipment or depreciation of your own tools

    Learning Budget

    Corporate library, book club, and knowledge-sharing events

    Performance reviews and development plans

    Performance-oriented reviews and Individual Development Plans (IDPs)

    Paid Parental Leave

    Maternity Recovery Support Allowance

    Paid Time Off

    20 paid vacation days, 15 sick leave days, and 6 additional days off for family events

    Remote-Friendly

    Fully remote role

    United Tech develops a comprehensive global social networking and live-streaming platform that connects millions of users across various cultures and regions. Our products facilitate professional growth and community engagement, offering a safe, ad-free environment for interactive video chats and live events.

    Founded
    Founded 2016
    Employees
    51-200 employees
    Industry
    Internet Software & Services
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