QA Engineer with DevOps skills

We are a global OSINT company headquartered in the US, empowering investigators, compliance teams, and security professionals with cutting-edge AI-powered products. Our technology collects and analyzes massive volumes of data from 500+ open sources: social media, messengers, blockchains, and the dark web, to support data-driven investigations and decision-making.

Our customers include law enforcement agencies and enterprise organizations across 80+ countries. Social Links is scaling rapidly with the ambition of becoming a unicorn valued at $1B+.

We are looking for a QA Engineer with DevOps skills to join our engineering team. You will own test coverage across installation, integration, and performance working hands-on with Linux environments, Docker, and Python automation to keep a complex, high-stakes product reliable in production.

Your Tasks Will Be

Testing application installation and updates across VMs, bare-metal, and multiple Linux distributions

Debugging and verifying installation scripts

Developing and executing integration and performance tests in Python

Performing manual testing of REST APIs

Managing Docker containers: logging, restarts, configuration

Using Linux CLI for diagnostics, logging, and test environment setup

Working with NoSQL and SQL databases via CLI: MongoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Setting up and managing local and virtualized test environments

Automating testing via scripting and CI/CD pipelines

What We're Looking For

Linux and Bash scripting: strong hands-on experience

Docker: confident container management in real workflows

Django: ability to work with QuerySets, execute management commands, and inspect backend code to diagnose issues and validate system behavior.

API testing: both manual and automated

NoSQL databases: practical experience with MongoDB or Elasticsearch

Solid understanding of test design principles

English – intermediate level or higher

Russian – advanced level or higher

Nice to Have

Basic DevOps experience: CI/CD, environment provisioning

What We Offer

Remote-first setup: work from anywhere in the world (excluding Russia and Belarus)

Real ownership from day one: your work directly affects product reliability for law enforcement and enterprise customers in 80+ countries

A collaborative team with a startup spirit and a clear path to grow

Work on a technically challenging, fast-growing product at the intersection of OSINT, AI, and cyber intelligence

We are an equal-opportunity employer and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all candidates.