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
- Python: integration testing as a core practice
- 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.
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