About the company
At Thrill Labs, we're not just building a gaming company; we're creating a global sensation. We are the innovative force behind Thrill.com, a groundbreaking crypto gaming venture set to launch soon! Our mission? To build the world’s most epic gaming brand and craft magical experiences for millions of users. Backed by a world-class team, we’re here to redefine the future of gaming.
About the role
We’re a fast-growing tech startup looking for an experienced Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer.
You will own our AWS cloud environment, designing secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure, managing and improving our Kubernetes clusters, networking, observability, and autoscaling.
We are already operating at scale, processing 10M+ transactions per day, so experience with managing high-scalability projects is required.
You will operate using Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management best practices, and collaborate closely with backend/frontend teams to shape the architecture and the developer experience.
If you enjoy ownership, modern stacks, and solving complex problems, we’d love to hear from you.
Core responsibilities
Build and maintain production infrastructure in AWS.
Manage Linux servers.
Operate Kubernetes clusters.
Administer and optimize PostgreSQL databases.
Operate monitoring & observability.
Be part of the on-call rotation for the infrastructure components.
Ownership of the CI/CD process.
Work on improving infrastructure and application security.
Manage CloudFlare, WAF, and DDoS protection solutions to improve our stance in this area.
Requirements
7–10 years of Infra/DevOps experience (minimum 5 years).
Hands‑on AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Linux.
Strong networking + monitoring/observability experience.
Python skills and Pulumi knowledge are a plus.
Understanding or interest in infrastructure & application security and threat mitigation.
English B2.
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