--- title: 'Lead DevOps Engineer at HyperHug' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/lead-devops-engineer-hyperhug-limassol-bxgavckr8jnk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-04' --- # Lead DevOps Engineer at HyperHug - **Company:** HyperHug - **Location:** Limassol, Cyprus - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-06-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hyperhug/3cd8b0fa-81b0-4adc-b00f-2002d5314cb5 ## Job description HyperHug is an international game development studio specializing in the shooter genre. Our main office is based in Cyprus, but our talented team works remotely from around the world. We’re developing Oxide: Survival Island, an immersive multiplayer survival shooter for mobile platforms, and we’re always looking for motivated individuals who want to grow with us, contribute their creativity, and help shape the future of our games. We are looking for an experienced Lead SRE/DevOps Engineer to join our team and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our global infrastructure. You will play a key role in managing high-load environments, mitigating DDoS attacks, coordinating security updates, and maintaining centralized node management for distributed systems. What You’ll Be Doing: - Team & Reliability Ownership: Own the DevOps/SRE function end-to-end — build and scale the team from scratch, define best practices, and establish processes to ensure 24/7 infrastructure reliability, including monitoring, on-call rotations, and incident response. - DDoS Mitigation: Design and implement strategies to prevent, detect, and mitigate DDoS attacks. - Incident Management: Handle severity updates and ensure rapid incident response and resolution. - Centralized Node Management: Deploy, configure, and manage a centralized node control system for efficient infrastructure governance. - Security Updates: Regularly apply security patches and updates to ensure system integrity and compliance. - Database Deployment: Set up and maintain databases in a highly available and fault-tolerant architecture. - Global Service Management: Manage and monitor servers across multiple regions, including US-based servers, ensuring consistent uptime and performance. - High-Load Infrastructure: Design and maintain scalable solutions to handle high traffic loads and ensure system resilience. - Pipeline Management: Ensure CI/CD pipelines run smoothly for reliable application deployment. - Security Best Practices: Implement and enforce security policies and procedures to protect infrastructure and data. - Node Lifecycle: Maintain, update, and scale nodes efficiently while minimizing downtime. What We Expect From You: - 5+ years of hands-on DevOps experience, including 2+ years in a Lead role within high-load production environments. - Proven track record of building DevOps processes, infrastructure, and teams from scratch. - Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP) and bare-metal infrastructure. - Hands-on experience with DDoS mitigation tools and practices. - Strong knowledge of centralized node management systems. - Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools. - Experience with database deployment and management. - Solid grasp of security principles and experience applying security patches and updates. - Ability to manage distributed servers, including US-based environments. - Excellent problem-solving and incident response skills. - Strong communication and collaboration abilities. - English - B1+ level, Russian - C1 level. What We Offer: - Relocation support to Cyprus (Limassol), including visa and housing assistance (this is an on-site position). - Competitive salary. - Monthly lunch allowances via Wolt. - Health benefits - comprehensive medical insurance and SportBenefit membership. - Car rental. - Greek lessons. - School fee contribution for children. - A passionate and supportive team that values creativity and ownership. - Opportunities for professional growth. - A culture built on initiative, transparency, and collaboration. ## About HyperHug ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: HyperHug is a mobile game publisher and developer best known for its multiplayer survival shooter *Oxide: Survival Island*, with over 100 million players worldwide. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: Limassol, Cyprus - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Sergei Starkov (CEO, Co-Founder), Savelii Zagurskii (CTO, Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Mobile Gaming Apps - **Target customers**: B2C (mobile gamers, survival shooter fans) - **Mission/purpose**: "Unstoppable delivery of pure joy through focus, discipline and unapologetic excellence." ## Products & Services - **[Oxide: Survival Island]**: A multiplayer survival shooter game where players gather resources, build shelters, defend territory, and cooperate on a deserted island. Available on mobile platforms. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Over 100 million players (across all titles); 19 employees (as of mid-2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed; operates in 7 countries including Spain, Georgia, Canada, Poland, Moldova, Indonesia, and Armenia - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +237.5% year-over-year; active job postings increased +350% yearly; monthly website traffic up +46.2% year-over-year ## Competitive Advantages - **Single-game focus**: HyperHug concentrates all resources on one genre and one game at a time, allowing deep polish and player obsession. - **Small, high-performance team**: Relatively few employees (19) handling a massive global player base, emphasizing "brilliant minds, small team, outsized results." - **Global reach**: Players and team members span multiple continents, giving the company a diverse, distributed perspective. ## Strategic Focus - Deepening and expanding *Oxide: Survival Island* with continuous updates and community engagement. - Scaling the team aggressively (9 open job postings as of mid-2026) across engineering, design, and operations roles. - Maintaining a culture of "excellence, focus, discipline, and joy" while growing. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values unapologetic excellence, relentless learning, and a player-first mindset. The team is small but ambitious, with a "glamorous or grinding, work gets done either way" attitude. - **Remote/Hybrid**: Several roles are listed as "Remote" (e.g., Senior Game Designer) with a hub in Limassol, Cyprus; the company operates across multiple time zones. - **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on a game played by millions, with a tight-knit team that plays the game themselves. The careers page invites candidates to "dare to join" and encourages unsolicited applications. - **Engineering culture**: Tech stack includes Unity, C#, .NET, Firebase, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Redis, GitLab, Figma, and more. Emphasis on DevOps, anti-cheat, and live operations. ## Sources 1. [hyperhug.io](https://hyperhug.io/) 2. [hyperhug.com](https://hyperhug.com/) 3. [Built In - HyperHug](https://builtin.com/company/hyperhug) 4. 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