Backend Engineer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Remotesenior
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What we're building
BlancVPN
runs a privacy service used by hundreds of thousands of people across the world — which means a distributed fleet of servers that has to stay fast, resilient, and always on. We're looking for an
Infrastructure Engineer | Senior
to own that fleet: the automation, monitoring, networking, and VPN protocols that keep the service reliable no matter where a user connects from.
This is a hands-on operations role for someone who's happiest when the system runs itself — automating the routine, catching problems before users do, and expanding the network without dropping availability.
What we're looking forCore Requirements
- Fluent Russian and English (B2+)
- 5+ years in infrastructure, systems, or SRE operations
- Confident Linux and general *nix administration: system internals, troubleshooting, and kernel or network tuning
- Hands-on Ansible: writing roles and playbooks, with a solid understanding of IaC principles
- Experience with containerization and Docker Swarm
- Practical experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and exporters
- Solid networking fundamentals: OSI model, TCP/IP stack, routing, DNS, and iptables/nftables
- Experience administering VPN protocols such as WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec/IKEv2, Xray, and Amnezia
- Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go
Nice-to-have
- Understanding of LXD-based virtualization
- Experience with BGP
- Experience operating traffic-balancing and high-availability systems at scale
What you'll be doingOperations and Automation
- Own infrastructure operations: administer and support a distributed fleet of dedicated servers and virtual machines
- Build monitoring and response systems: configure and maintain a full Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting stack
- Automate routine operations, node configuration, and deployment workflows with Ansible
Network and Availability
- Expand the network: roll out new services and integrate new locations into the shared infrastructure
- Maintain high availability: operate traffic-balancing systems that keep services resilient
- Join a paid 24/7 on-call rotation for fast incident response
What we offer
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Work from anywhere
— fully remote (except Russia, Belarus, China, Syria, Iran, Yemen, North Korea, and some other regions)
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Flexible 5-day week
— start when it suits you; loosely aligned to CET
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Overtime is paid separately
— on-call and incident work is compensated
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Full home-office setup
— all the equipment you need, on us
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40
flexible paid days off + paid sick leave
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Benefits
— VHI, wellness, language courses, mental health support and a referral program
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Room to grow
— annual development budget + in-person team meet-ups
Stages
👋 Welcome Call
🛠️ Technical Call
🤝 Pre-Offer Call
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