Deputy Head of Customer IT Infrastructure at Social Discovery Group

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company's portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.

More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.

SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Magnet, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.

We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.

Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 — a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.

Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.

We are looking for a Deputy Head of Customer IT Infrastructure.

Your main tasks will be:

• To be the manager of the operations team and processes, which is to maintain the mission-critical products of the company.
  The main team tasks - ensuring availability of IT services, deployment changes, and solving incidents;
• We are looking for a strong manager, who can organize processes inside the team and reinforce their technical expertise.
• Manage team. Set\track\prioritize tasks. Set goals and expectations for the team and individual team members;
• Develop and monitor performance metrics, SLI/SLO, and KPIs to assess team efficiency and effectiveness;
• Analyze current application infrastructure, identify areas for improvement, and implement process enhancements to optimize infrastructure;
• Manage to resolve operational issues promptly;
• Implement solutions to prevent recurring problems and improve overall efficiency.

We expect from you:

• Deputy / IT Director Experience;
• 7+ years in web infrastructure, 5+ years in a deputy or IT director position;
• Good understanding and experience in web infrastructure:
• - Kubernetes
  
• - RabbitMQ

• Good experience with infrastructure analysis tools: ELK, DataDog;

• Significant experience as a system administrator, SRE, DevOps - maintaining and deploying applications with microservices architecture, CI/CD development, organizing business monitoring, having real cases on automating IT operational processes, and building a strong application support team;
  
• High level of responsibility for owned IT applications and infrastructure;
  
• Good leadership and motivation skills.

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!