Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

About the company

Social Discovery Group is a large global network of social discovery businesses that serves millions of people through dozens of products. Its mission is to address loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by making online intimacy and connection a natural part of everyday life. The company’s products are built to reshape how people meet, interact, and build relationships online.

Its portfolio covers social entertainment platforms that help people connect across cultures and regions worldwide, including well-known brands like DateMyAge, Dating.com, EuroDate, Dil Mil, and Cupid Media. The organization operates in more than 150 countries and employs a global team of 1,000+ professionals and digital nomads working from many locations around the world.

The company has been recognized as a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner for the USA and Japan for 2024–2025 and as a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs by FlexJobs in 2025.

Role overview

The team is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer who is motivated by infrastructure stability, automation, and the design of scalable production systems.

What you will do

• Take ownership of production infrastructure reliability and continuously improve stability.
• Plan, run, and support deployments as well as infrastructure modifications.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions with Ansible and Terraform.
• Support and enhance Kubernetes-based and containerized environments.
• Develop automation scripts and internal tools for operations.
• Track system health, analyze incidents, and improve observability proactively.
• Contribute to CI/CD enhancements alongside Development, QA, DevOps, and SRE teams.
• Work with monitoring and alerting platforms to reduce outages and improve performance.
• Keep technical documentation, runbooks, and operating procedures up to date.
• Assist with DNS, WAF, CDN, and caching infrastructure when needed.

What we are looking for

• At least 3 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, System Administration, or Build/Release Engineering.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting capability.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes and container technologies such as Docker or Podman.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitLab CI.
• Hands-on use of Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools, especially Ansible and/or Terraform.
• Solid Bash scripting skills.
• Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, or VictoriaMetrics.
• Good understanding of networking basics, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using Git and modern software delivery practices.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and improve infrastructure proactively.
• Fluency in Russian and intermediate English level (B1 or above) for documentation and team communication.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS or GCP.
• Exposure to RabbitMQ or AMQP.
• Experience with Cloudflare, Akamai, WAF, or CDN technologies.
• Python scripting skills.
• Experience with tracing and advanced observability tools.
• A public GitHub profile, open-source contributions, or personal engineering projects.

Perks and benefits

• Fully remote full-time work arrangement.
• 28 calendar days of vacation each year.
• 7 wellness days annually for personal matters or recovery without using sick leave.
• Referral bonuses of up to $5,000 for successful hires.
• 50% support for professional training, international conferences, and meetings.
• Corporate discount for English classes.
• Health-related support: if corporate medical insurance is not available, the company reimburses up to $1,000 gross per year for health insurance or doctor expenses for the employee and close family members such as a spouse or children.
• Workplace support: employees receive an equipped workspace and necessary equipment in offices or co-working spaces. In other locations, the company reimburses workplace costs up to $1,000 gross once every 3 years for items such as co-working space rental or home office setup.
• Internal recognition system where colleagues can award bonuses that may be exchanged for merchandise, team-building activities, massage certificates, and similar rewards.

Additional information

The employer states that the salary range or initial pay level will be shared during the recruitment process before employment starts.

Eligibility

This role is open to candidates who can work remotely and meet the technical, language, and experience expectations listed above.