DevOps Engineer (AWS)

27 Nerds is an IT company based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, with 10+ years building products for esports, gaming, and creators. From Arena27 (esports club network Poland/Ukraine) and Bo3.gg to projects in cybersecurity and e-commerce. Currently developing a white-label platform for bloggers: branded App Store apps with feeds from YouTube/Twitch/Insta/TikTok + chats/content.
 

Looking for DevOps Engineer to set up AWS infrastructure for MVP (part-time 50%, 240 hours over 9-12 weeks), with potential extension.
 

Key responsibilities:

• Deploy AWS stack per spec: ECS/EKS (API/workers), PostgreSQL RDS, Redis ElastiCache, S3 (media), CloudFlare CDN.
• Setup CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), monitoring (Datadog logs/alerts/health checks).
• Implement security: rate limiting, request validation, audit logging, API versioning.
• Environment management (dev/staging/prod), cost optimization.
• Collaborate with Tech Lead and Backend team.
   

Requirements:

• 3+ years AWS DevOps/SRE, hands-on with ECS/EKS + RDS + ElastiCache + S3.
• Docker, Terraform/CloudFormation, GitHub Actions CI/CD.
• Managed databases/caches, networking/security basics.
• English B1+ (docs, team syncs).
   

Nice to have:

• Datadog, CloudFlare CDN, SendGrid email.
• Esports/media project experience.
   

What we offer:

• Part-time 50% — flexible schedule (~20h/week)
• Real App Store impact — infrastructure for creators' fan apps
• Senior team: Tech Lead Architect, 2 Backend, Frontend, QA, PM
• Modern stack: AWS ECS/EKS → PostgreSQL/Redis → S3/CDN → Datadog
• Long-term potential (Phase 2+ scaling/observability)
• Remote/hybrid (Ivano-Frankivsk)
   

Technical challenges:

• Multi-tenant AWS infra (creator data isolation)
• Scaling for social sync + WebSocket
• Production monitoring for real-time features
   

Join 27 Nerds to build production-grade creator infrastructure! 🚀