DevOps Engineer at Sporty Group

DevOps Engineer
GLOBAL REMOTE
SPORTY TECHNICAL
FULL-TIME
Sporty’s sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa’s list of top websites for the countries they operate in
We spend millions per year on our infrastructure in order to support millions of users across 6 countries. Our DevOps Engineers play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of the site, as well as setting up new infrastructure for greenfield projects and geographic expansion.
Who We Are
Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with an unrivalled sports media, gaming, social, and fintech platform which serves millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs across more than 10 countries and 3 continents.
The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users, and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution.
We have already built a capable and proven team of 300+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds and we are looking for more talented individuals to drive further growth and contribute to the innovation, creativity and hard work that currently serves our users further via their grit and innovation.
Our Stack

 
Languages: Java / Spring Boot, TypeScript / VueJS
 
Cloud Libraries: Netflix Eureka, Netflix Ribbon, Feign, Netflix Zuul
 
Database: MySQL, Oracle, Mybatis, Druid
 
Cache: Redisson, ElastiCache, Redis
 
MQ: Apache RocketMQ
 
Tasking: Elastic Job
 
Server: Netty
 
LoadBalance & Proxy: Nginx
 
Virtualization: Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher
 
Computing & Storage: AWS EC2, VPC, AWS Lambda, EBS, S3
 
Maintenance: AWS Opsworks, Salt, Chef
 
CI/CD: Drone, AWS Codepipeline, Jenkins
 
Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, AWS Cloudwatch
 
Logging: ELK, Rsyslog, Log4j2
 
CDN: Cloudflare

Responsibilities

 
Work with a team of DevOps and DBA professionals
 
Improve existing infrastructure and processes in the 6 countries we’re currently deployed in as well as streamlining processes deploy to new countries in the future
 
Holistically improve all aspects of our DevOps infrastructure including: reducing costs; streamlining environment provisioning; lowering response times and incorporating the latest techniques and technologies
 
Monitor and maintain the existing cloud infrastructure via autoscaling, automated alerts, and OpsWork and Grafana dashboards
 
Take ownership and responsibility for our cloud operation activities
 
Liaise with external security agencies for annual audits as well as perform our own internal security sweeps
 
Aid in reconfiguring existing architecture to allow for rapid deployments to new countries
 
Mentoring less experienced team members

Requirements

 
3+ years DevOps experience
 
Experience independently leading the planning and deployment of a project
 
Experienced with cloud platforms, especially AWS, including solid knowledge of how to utilise cloud resources to fulfil the demand from other teams and production
 
A sound understanding of modern Micro Services and Service Mesh concepts
 
Experience managing Kubernetes, including CI / CD with Kubernetes
 
Solid networking knowledge, especially the TCP / IP stack and HTTP protocol
 
A strong understanding of cache, including CDN, HTTP cache, Redis / Memcached
 
Excellent troubleshooting skills, including Linux OS issue diagnosis and OS parameter optimisation, JVM optimisation would be highly advantageous

Benefits

 
Quarterly and flash bonuses
 
Flexible working hours
 
Top-of-the-line equipment
 
Education allowance
 
Referral bonuses
 
28 days paid annual leave
 
Annual company retreat – we all went to Dubai in 2022 and are planning 2 more retreats for 2023!
 
Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
 
We score 100% on The Joel Test
 
Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
 
Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members

Our Mission
Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone
Our Operating Principles

 
Create Value for Users
 
Act in the Long-Term Interests of Sporty
 
Focus on Product Improvements & Innovation
 
Be Responsible
 
Preserve Integrity & Honesty
 
Respect Confidentiality & Privacy
 
Ensure Stability, Security & Scalability
 
Work Hard with Passion & Pride

Working at Sporty
The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they’re in your way.
Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results.
As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we don’t have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to.
We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a tech company to the core and take excellent care of our Team Members.