--- title: 'Middle DevOps Engineer at United Tech' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/middle-devops-engineer-united-tech-kyiv-2szbg4p4jy1f' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Middle DevOps Engineer at United Tech - **Company:** United Tech - **Location:** Kyiv, Ukraine - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-05 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/vacancies/7a10508c-d30c-4916-83e0-3570517be017 ## Job description We are looking for a Middle DevOps Engineer to join our backend team behind one of the most powerful live-streaming platforms in the industry. You will keep our high-load infrastructure fast, reliable, and cost-efficient while working hand-in-hand with backend engineers on a system built to serve a massive global audience in real time. This is a role for someone who thinks in systems, isn't afraid to dig into the product's architecture, and is genuinely curious about using AI tools to work smarter, not just faster. About our product: We are building one of the most powerful live-streaming platforms, already connecting 400K+ monthly active users through live events, interactive video chats, and real-time community experiences. Our mission is bold: bring joy, fight loneliness, and deliver safe, ad-free entertainment that keeps people coming back. This is a complex, fast-moving space, and we love it that way! So, you will join a passionate, expert team tackling everything from scaling AI-powered recommendations to launching high-impact, data-driven features that boost monetization and engagement. Every idea counts here, and every release reaches a massive global audience. We are now expanding into Arab countries and Europe, enhancing content quality, and rolling out new features to keep users hooked. We are among the Top 5 streaming products in the US and rank in the Top 10 worldwide. Our next milestone: break into the global Top 5, and we are moving fast to make it happen. Are you in? 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 ## About United Tech ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: United Tech develops and operates a portfolio of next-generation mobile and web applications for real-time social networking and live-streaming, serving millions of users globally. - **Entity Type**: Private (stage not publicly disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Kyiv, Ukraine (also has an office in Qatar) - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Not publicly named (Managing Partner: Alex Stakhorskyi) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Social Networking, Mobile Apps, Live-Streaming, Big Data & Analytics, Performance Marketing, Payment Solutions - **Target customers**: B2C – individual consumers in Tier-1 markets (USA, UK, Canada, leading European countries) as well as LATAM and MENA regions. - **Mission or purpose statement**: To shape the future of real-time social connection by building fast, interactive, and deeply engaging platforms that enable connection at scale. ## Products & Services - **Multi-Brand Social Networking Platforms**: A suite of three global products that generate over 15 million matches per month. Focus on live-streaming and real-time interaction. - **Mobile Apps & Web Apps**: Designed for high engagement and growth in the social networking niche, covering the full stack from user acquisition to monetization. - **Internal Tech & Data Infrastructure**: Includes proprietary performance marketing, big data analytics, and payment solutions to support product growth. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Headcount of 281 employees (LinkedIn) / ~400 talents (company claim); multiple product brands with millions of users and 15M+ monthly matches. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external funding rounds publicly listed. Key talent sources include Genesis Tech, JATAPP, Yalantis, SKELAR, and Together Networks. - **Growth Signals**: Active in 19 countries; 20+ open job postings; monthly headcount growth of +0.6%; expanding presence across technical, marketing, and product departments. ## Competitive Advantages - **Multi-Product Portfolio**: Manages three independent social networking brands, reducing single-point-of-failure risk and enabling cross-platform learnings. - **Tier-1 Market Focus**: Directly competes in high-value markets (USA, UK, Canada, Europe) with proven user acquisition strategies. - **Data & Analytics Driven**: Heavy investment in big data, performance marketing, and product analytics to optimize growth and user retention. - **Talented Team**: Middle-to-senior level technical staff with a strong engineering and product culture; cross-functional autonomous teams. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale Existing Products**: Continue pushing current social platforms to top positions in their categories, leveraging the projected $206B market by 2030. - **Deepen AI & Data Science**: Active recruitment for Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Marketing Analysts indicates a push toward AI-driven product decisions. - **Geographic Expansion**: Growing presence beyond Ukraine (Poland, Turkey, Spain, US, Brazil) and opening an office in Qatar. - **Talent Development**: Emphasizes performance reviews, IDPs, reimbursement for courses, and knowledge sharing to retain and upskill talent. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “freedom with ownership” – employees set global goals, make independent decisions, and have direct impact on products with a multi-million user base. - **Work Policy**: Flexible – work from the comfortable Kyiv hub or fully remote from anywhere. In-office and remote roles available. - **Benefits**: 20 paid vacation days, 15 paid sick days, 6 days for important life events; premium medical insurance for employee and family; sports and equipment reimbursement; financial and legal support; modern equipment; corporate events and merch. - **Professional Growth**: Reimbursement for professional courses and English classes; access to corporate library; knowledge sharing with a highly skilled team (Middle & Senior level). - **Ratings**: Employer rating of 4.6/5.0 on LinkedIn (7 reviews) with strong work-life balance (4.9) and good culture (4.3), compensation (4.3), and career opportunities (4.4). - **Referral Bonus**: Up to $2,000 for referring a successful candidate. ## Sources 1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/unitedtechofficial) 2. [United Tech Official Website](https://unitedtech.ai) 3. [United Tech Careers Page (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/vacancies) 4. [Built In Profile](https://builtin.com/company/united-tech) 5. 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