DevOps Engineer (Mid-Level)

At Prequel, we're not just a creative app for photo and video editing – we're a family of four unique products: Prequel, Esti, Hula, and Gio. Our expansion into Gen-AI with Hula and Gio is redefining creative expression, and our infrastructure is the backbone that makes it all possible.

We’re looking for a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer who thrives in hybrid environments and isn’t afraid to dive deep into complex, multi-layered problems. If you get excited by the challenge of building solutions that are radically more cost-effective (even if they're trickier to maintain), you’ll fit right in.

Our Tech Stack:

• Cloud & Orchestration: AWS (EKS, CloudFront, S3, Karpenter), Kubernetes (k8s)
• Bare Metal & OS: Physical Linux servers, Clickhouse, Virtualization
• Networking & CDN: Cloudflare (DNS), Complex network connectivity, VPN
• CI/CD & GitOps: GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, iOS/Android build runners (macOS)
• Databases & Messaging: PostgreSQL (Zalando operator), Kafka, Redis, Memcached
• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs, Alertmanager, Opsgenie
• Open Source & Tools: Nginx, Keycloak, Kong, Cert-manager, CoreDNS, Nexus, Vault
• AI & Automation: nVidia GPU nodes, n8n.

• Own and evolve our hybrid infrastructure – a mix of AWS cloud and physical bare-metal servers.
• Work directly with the infrastructure that powers our Gen-AI products, gaining deep experience in managing and scaling GPU-accelerated AI applications.
• Work directly with our CTO and Backend team on critical optimizations – from cost efficiency to speeding up virtual server deployment.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across the entire stack, from network connectivity to Kubernetes workloads.
• Share knowledge and competencies within the team. We believe in cross-functionality – everyone should be able to fix each other's work.
• Explore and implement original solutions. We value clever fixes and are willing to trade some maintenance complexity for significant economic advantages.

• 2-4 years of experience in a DevOps role within a hybrid (cloud + bare metal) infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Linux administration is a must.
• Practical experience with a cloud provider (AWS is a huge plus, but Azure or GCP are okay). About 60% of tasks are cloud-related.
  If you currently work only with clouds but have prior experience with hardware and are ready to get back to it – that’s perfectly fine.
• A genuine desire to untangle complex, "strange" solutions and a problem-solving mindset.

Nice-to-have:

• Interest in AI infrastructure and automation tools (like n8n). While our current n8n use is in other departments (like QA), there’s plenty of room to build and automate within infrastructure if you have the drive.

Our hiring process:

1. HR interview
2. Tech interview
3. Final Interview with СТО
4. Reference Check

• Professional development – paid training and courses, online / offline lectures, workshops and trainings. Our employees take part in all major IT meetups;
• Adaptation – qualitative onboarding, we help to quickly and smoothly solve all problems. regularly collect feedback throughout the trial period;
• Career development – Review is conducted every 6 months, we monitor results and help improve performance;
• Balance between work and personal life – ability to conveniently build your work schedule, take vacations and days off without a bunch of approvals and bureaucracy;
• Health – extended voluntary health insurance (on the territory of Montenegro);
• Office space – a cool office in Montenegro, with comfortable workplaces and lounge areas;
• Relocation – we offer a full package of documents for those who are ready to move to Montenegro, and we help with obtaining a residence permit;
• Prequel+ – premium access to the entire Prequel product.