UAPP.AI

We are a product company building AI-powered mobile applications used by over 10 million people in 150 countries. We own the entire product lifecycle — from the initial idea to large-scale global implementation. We thrive in a fast-paced environment, making data-driven decisions without unnecessary bureaucracy. If you value autonomy, rapid releases, and seeing the direct impact of your work, you will fit right in.
 

The Role

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to take full ownership and leadership of the infrastructure for our ambitious project in the Cloud Gaming & Streaming space.

In this role, you will architect, scale, and maintain a high-performance, fault-tolerant system provisioning and streaming content across a server fleet growing from hundreds toward thousands of machines. You will lead infrastructure decisions, set technical standards, build key systems (like observability and bare-metal orchestration) from scratch, and mentor a Mid DevOps Engineer on the team.
 

Work Format & Relocation

• Location: Dubai, UAE (Office).
• Trial Period: First 2–3 months are fully remote for a smooth onboarding.
• Relocation Support: Full corporate visa sponsorship and relocation package provided after the trial period.
   

Key Responsibilities

• Fleet Architecture & Provisioning: Architect and automate end-to-end bare-metal and virtualized host provisioning — storage, GPU passthrough (vfio), and VM lifecycle across a large, heterogeneous server fleet.
• Orchestration & Scale: Design and maintain fleet-scale orchestration systems: parallel deployments, health checks, and self-healing routines ensuring consistency across thousands of machines.
• Infrastructure as Code & Configuration: Lead IaC practices using Terraform and Ansible to maintain reproducible host configurations, deterministic automation, and VM images.
• Advanced Virtualization & OS Administration: Deeply manage Linux/KVM virtualization (libvirt, QEMU) and Windows guest systems, including complex GPU passthrough and low-latency virtual networking.
• Greenfield Observability: Architect and implement the observability stack from scratch (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK) across the entire fleet for deep performance monitoring and alerting.
• Network & Traffic Management: Design and optimize network configurations at scale — NAT, port forwarding, routing, and traffic paths for thousands of concurrent, low-latency streaming clients.
• CI/CD & Deterministic Automation: Build robust CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI / GitHub Actions) for infrastructure code, images, and deterministic scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell).
• Security & Storage: Implement enterprise-grade secrets management (Vault / SOPS) and manage large-scale content distribution via S3-compatible object storage (e.g., Cloudflare R2).
• Leadership & Incident Response: Set reliability engineering standards, drive incident response/on-call processes, and collaborate closely with core C++/C# infrastructure engineers.
   

Requirements

• Experience: 4+ years in a DevOps / Infrastructure role with proven experience building and managing large-scale, high-load systems or large server fleets (dozens/hundreds+ of nodes).
• OS & Virtualization Expertise: Deep administration skills in both Linux and Windows; practical expertise with KVM/libvirt, QEMU, and GPU passthrough / vfio.
• IaC & Configuration Management: Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for host consistency, image management, and fleet-wide automation.
• Scripting Mastery: High proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell with the ability to write deterministic, idempotent, and restart-safe automation scripts across heterogeneous hardware.
• Networking & Observability: Strong grasp of Linux networking (NAT, iptables, routing, traffic shaping) and experience standing up monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK) from scratch.
• CI/CD & Security: Experience automating infrastructure via GitLab CI/GitHub Actions and managing secrets at scale (Vault, SOPS).
• Language: English (Upper-Intermediate / B2 or higher — required for technical collaboration).
   

Nice-to-have

• Direct experience in Cloud Gaming, real-time data streaming, or high-load gaming environments.
• Hands-on experience with GPU-heavy workloads and large-file distribution via object storage (S3 / Cloudflare R2).
• Basic knowledge of C++ or C# to collaborate effectively with core streaming infrastructure developers.
   

What We Offer

• Architectural Greenfield & Autonomy: Full ownership to design the fleet observability, orchestration, and automation architecture from zero.
• Leadership & Real Impact: Direct influence on the tech stack of a Cloud Gaming platform targeting a global, multi-million user audience.
• Relocation Package: Full financial and organizational support for your move to Dubai (corporate visa, flight tickets, initial housing) after the trial period.
• Modern Office: Work from a vibrant, tech-driven workspace in Dubai alongside a strong engineering team.
• Fast-Paced Culture: A product-driven environment with quick decision-making, high engineering freedom, and zero bureaucracy.
• Compensation: Highly competitive USD-pegged salary matching your senior technical background.

We are a product company building AI-powered mobile applications used by over 10 million people in 150 countries. We own the entire product lifecycle — from the initial idea to large-scale global implementation. We thrive in a fast-paced environment, making data-driven decisions without unnecessary bureaucracy. If you value autonomy, rapid releases, and seeing the direct impact of your work, you will fit right in.
 

The Role

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join the team building the infrastructure for our ambitious new project in the Cloud Gaming & Streaming space. You will work alongside our Senior DevOps Engineer to build and scale a high-performance, fault-tolerant system that provisions and streams to a fleet growing from hundreds toward thousands of servers. This is a hands-on role focused on automation, reliability, and fleet operations at scale.
 

Work Format & Relocation

Location: Dubai, UAE (Office).

Trial Period: First 2–3 months are fully remote for a smooth onboarding.

Relocation Support: Full corporate visa sponsorship and relocation support provided after the trial period.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning of bare-metal and virtualized hosts end to end — storage, GPU passthrough, VM lifecycle — across a large, heterogeneous server fleet.
• Build and maintain fleet-scale orchestration: parallel deployment, health checks, and self-healing routines that keep hundreds-to-thousands of machines consistent.
• Develop and harden automation scripts (Bash, Python, PowerShell) that must behave deterministically across servers with differing hardware.
• Manage Linux/KVM virtualization (libvirt/QEMU) and Windows guests, including GPU passthrough and networking.
• Build and maintain configuration management with Ansible to keep fleet hosts and VM images consistent and reproducible.
• Own CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure code and deployment automation, so provisioning scripts, images, and configuration ship in a tested, repeatable way rather than by hand.
• Work with object storage and large-scale content distribution (S3-compatible, e.g. Cloudflare R2).
• Build the observability stack together with the Senior DevOps Engineer — metrics, logging, and alerting across the entire fleet (Prometheus/Grafana or equivalent). You will help design monitoring system from the ground up.
• Own network configuration at fleet scale — NAT, port forwarding, routing, and traffic paths to thousands of concurrent streaming clients.
• Establish secure secrets management (Vault or similar) and sane access practices across the fleet.
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotation to keep a live streaming platform stable.
• Help evolve infrastructure-as-code with Terraform as the fleet grows.
   

Requirements

• Experience: 2+ years in a DevOps / infrastructure role, with exposure to systems running at meaningful scale.
• OS Expertise: Solid Linux administration; working knowledge of Windows administration (or strong willingness to go deep — this project needs both).
• Scripting: Confident with at least one of Bash / Python / PowerShell, and comfortable reading and debugging the others.
• Configuration Management: Hands-on with Ansible for keeping hosts and images consistent.
• CI/CD: Experience building pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar) for infrastructure and deployment automation.
• Monitoring: Hands-on experience standing up and running monitoring/alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK, or similar) — comfortable building it, not just reading dashboards.
• Virtualization: Practical experience with VMs and hypervisors (KVM/libvirt, QEMU, or similar).
• Networking: Solid grasp of Linux networking — NAT, iptables, port forwarding, routing.
• Language: English (Upper-Intermediate or higher, sufficient for technical collaboration).
   

Nice-to-have

• Experience operating server fleets (dozens+) and writing idempotent, restart-safe automation.
• GPU passthrough / vfio, or experience with GPU-heavy workloads.
• Object storage at scale (S3/R2) and large-file distribution.
• Experience building an observability stack from scratch on a large fleet.
  Secrets management at scale (Vault, SOPS, or similar).
• Familiarity with Terraform.
• Exposure to the streaming or gaming field, or an understanding of data streaming principles.

• Basic knowledge of C++ or C# to collaborate effectively with the core infrastructure team.

  
  What We Offer

• Greenfield Ownership: The monitoring and observability stack does not exist yet — you will help design and build it from zero, shaping how we see our entire fleet.
• Growth: Work directly with a Senior DevOps Engineer on a greenfield platform — a strong path to grow your fleet-scale and virtualization expertise.
• Relocation Package: Full financial and organizational support for your move to Dubai (visa, tickets, initial housing) after the trial period.
• Modern Office: Work from a vibrant, tech-driven workspace in Dubai.
• Real Impact: Direct influence on the tech stack of a Cloud Gaming platform with a potential million-user audience.
• Fast-Paced Culture: A product-driven environment where decisions are made quickly, without micromanagement.
• Compensation: Competitive salary pegged to USD (to be discussed individually based on technical interview results).