Senior Software Engineer (NodeJS, AWS)

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is one of the world's largest groups of social discovery companies, uniting millions of users on dozens of products. SDG solves the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG products redefine the way people interact and connect with each other.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures in different parts of the world. This includes globally recognized brands such as DateMyAge, Dating.com, EuroDate, Dil Mil and Cupid Media. SDG has a presence in more than 150 countries.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in the creation and development of globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of 1000+ professionals and digital nomads works all over the world. Our teams of digital nomads work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and many other locations.

We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024–2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (NodeJS, AWS).

Your main tasks will be:

• Collaborate with the team and business stakeholders to find the most effective solutions considering all trade-offs (timelines vs resources vs quality)
• Design and decompose high-level architecture, implementation plans
• Implement technical solutions, including DevOps practices (monitoring, security, logging, scalability)
• Deploy solutions to production
• Monitor the entire system and resolve incidents as they arise (AWS infrastructure, moderation pipelines, AI providers)
• Continuously improve system stability and performance
• Reduce technical debt
• Introduce new technologies and engineering practices
• Review architectural decisions and code
• Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines, code quality tooling, and testing practices

We expect from you:

• 3+ years of production experience with TypeScript and Node.js (ESM)
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS CDK (v2) for infrastructure-as-code
• Deep knowledge of AWS serverless: Lambda, Step Functions (SDK integrations, JSONata, Map/Parallel states), API Gateway, SQS, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge
• Solid understanding of event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing patterns (queues, dead-letter queues, pipes)
• Experience with DynamoDB data modeling and access patterns
• Familiarity with CI/CD using GitHub Actions (or equivalent)
• Competency in writing automated tests (Jest, and ideally BDD frameworks like Cucumber)
• Ability to design and document technical solutions (Tech Specs, architecture diagrams)
• English level B1 or higher
  
  Nice-to-have:
• Experience with Linux server administration (Ubuntu) — SSH, Nginx configuration, SSL/TLS certificates, service management
• Experience managing GPU instances for LLM inference (provisioning, monitoring, cost optimization)
• Experience with AWS analytics stack: Kinesis Firehose, Glue, Athena, Parquet
• Experience with AWS CloudWatch dashboards, composite alarms, and observability tooling

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full-time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• 50% payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings;