At FetLife we're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help us better serve the community.
The Job
- Upgrading and improving our infrastructure
- Reducing noise through smarter alerting and root‑cause fixes
- Handling daily infra tasks (K8s issues, deployment health, etc.)
- Joining the on‑call rotation and making it smoother through automation
- Strengthening security and disaster recovery
- Tuning and maintaining our databases
Our platform is a majestic Rails monolith, using Vue.js with TypeScript on the front‑end, and enhanced by Rust for select services and gems.
More Details About Our Tech Stack
Testing is done with RSpec & CapybaraContinuous integration and deployment are done with CircleCI & GitHub ActionsMySQL and PostgreSQL for our main databasesScyllaDB for our activity feedsRedis for session storage, queue management, and cachingElasticSearch for full‑text searchDevOps using containers orchestrated with Kubernetes and HelmMonitoring and alerting is done with DataDog, New Relic, and SentryInfrastructure managed with TerraformHosting on Google Cloud (planning to move towards bare metal)CDN and endpoint protection using Cloudflare and FastlyAbout You
We’re looking for someone who has proven experience maintaining large production‑level Ruby on Rails applications.
Core Experience
Running infrastructure on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google CloudManaging databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and RedisSupporting high‑traffic, consumer‑facing applicationsBonus Points
ScyllaDB and ElasticsearchRuby on Rails and / or RustManaging CDN and WAF setupsRemote Work Expectations
Highly value strong written communicatorsRequire three hours overlap any time between 10 AM and 6 PM CETAbout Us
FetLife is the largest kinky social network on this side of the Milky Way.
Have over 10 million members and growingGrew 100% by word‑of‑mouthServe over 3 billion requests a dayPay & Benefits
We use a standardised salary calculator for each position to ensure we are competitive, fair, and consistent. For this specific role, the rate is between $115k–$180k USD / year.
Paid time off :
2 weeks vacation5 statutory holidays (e.g. Easter & Thanksgiving)2 weeks during Christmas4‑day workweeks during the summer months (July & August)Annual company retreat (e.g. Malaga, Miami, Vancouver, and Montreal)Annual anniversary gift ($200 USD for every year with us, e.g. 4th anniversary is $800)Monthly streaming music subscription reimbursementFully paid maternity and paternity leaveHiring Process
We review every application carefully and, if we believe you might be a good fit for this role, we’ll get back to you within 1–2 weeks of you applying. The interview process includes an initial screening interview, technical interview, take‑home paid project, and a project presentation call.
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Job Type
Remote job
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