KaiOS is a mobile operating system for smart feature phones that stormed the scene to become the 3rd largest mobile OS globally (2nd in India ahead of iOS). We are on 100M+ devices in 100+ countries. We recently closed a Series B funding round with Cathay Innovation, Google and TCL. KaiOS has recently been ranked #11 in Fast Company’s Top 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2020. Hong Kong is home to several core engineering and data teams and a great place for strong motivated individuals to join us on a journey to bring internet to the next billion users.

We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Lead for our Hong Kong core engineering site. The role is in charge of DevOps engineers that are embedded in cross-functional teams and reports functionally to the Director of Engineering for monetization. The major topics in the Hong Kong-based teams include our own real-time advertising platform, backend services for the Kai app store and data infrastructure and services for all of KaiOS. We are looking for somebody who has previously traveled the journey of building and operating something with methods and sophistication required by our global reach, scale and continued growth. The one who is also needed to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of applications; Design and maintain performance and reliability tests of cloud infrastructure; Provide on-call support for production applications.

What we are looking for:

• BS in Computer Science or related discipline; MS a plus
• 3+ years of overall commercial DevOps / infrastructure experience, cross-functional delivery-focused agile environment; previous experience as a software engineer and ability to see into and reason about the internals of an application a major plus
• Extensive experience designing, delivering and operating highly scalable resilient mission-critical backend services serving millions of users; experience operating and evolving multi-regional services a major plus
• Strong engineering skills; proficiency in programming languages
• Experience in Infrastructure-as-code tools, for example Terraform, CloudFormation
• Proven ability to execute on a technical and product roadmap
• Extensive experience with iterative development and delivery
• Extensive experience with observability for operating robust distributed systems – instrumentation, log shipping, alerting, etc.
• Extensive experience with test and deployment automation, CI / CD
• Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code and tooling, such as Terraform
• Extensive experience with AWS, including services such as ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, EMR, Redshift, Elasticsearch, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFront, IAM, etc.
• Strong knowledge of backend and web technology; infrastructure experience with at-scale modern data technology a major plus
• Deep expertise in server-side security concerns and best practices
• Fluency with at least one programming language. We mainly use Golang, Python and JavaScript so far
• Outstanding analytical thinking, problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

This is an opportunity to change life of millions and have an impact on world as very few companies can have.

 Half of the world population still does not have access to Internet in 2021, mostly because of affordability and lack of digital skills. KaiOS Technologies mission is to change this status quo. Since its creation in 2016, KaiOS connected 165 million people to internet. KaiOS counts 90 employees spread out over offices in San Diego, Hong Kong, Bangalore, Shanghai, Xi’an, Taipei. KaiOS is incorporated in Singapore. KaiOS counts on world-class clients and partners (mobile operators, internet companies and mobile manufacturers) as well as very strategic investors (TCL, Google, Reliance Jio, Cathay Innovation, Orange…).

 Together we are preparing for our next growth phasis.

 KaiOS is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and dynamic working environment. We work together with the community to support gender equality, equity, and inclusion. Ready? Join us!