DevOps Engineer

About AppLovin

AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end software and AI solutions for businesses to reach monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin visit: .

To deliver on this mission our global team is composed of team members with life experiences backgrounds and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin we are intentional about the team and culture we are building seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.

Fortune recognizes AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area and the company has been a Certified Great Place to Work for the last four years (2021-2024). Check out the rest of our awards HERE.

About Axon

At the core of AppLovin lies Axon a world-class recommendation system and the driving force behind the companys remarkable market success. Axon powers the largest mobile app advertising platform globally and serves as the backbone for our rapidly growing e-commerce advertising products. By relentlessly pushing the boundaries of technology Axon continues to lead the way in recommendation systems delivering unparalleled performance and value to our partners and users worldwide.

About Axon China

In 2024 AppLovin established the Axon China team in Beijing marking a significant step in our global expansion. This talented team is not only focused on developing world-class advertising products but is also pioneering innovative e-commerce advertising solutions from the ground up. Additionally Axon China is at the cutting edge of exploring the applications of large language models in areas such as ad security feature extraction and content generation. Through technological innovation we are shaping the future of advertising and redefining whats possible in the industry.

A Day In The Life

As a DevOps Engineer at AppLovin youll be at the heart of our advertising platform ensuring our databases run at peak performance while handling billions of transactions daily. Your day could involve tuning SQL queries deploying Kubernetes clusters automating cloud infrastructure with Terraform or troubleshooting distributed systems. Youll work across the stackfrom database optimization to CI/CD pipelinesensuring scalability reliability and efficiency for one of the worlds largest ad tech platforms.

If you thrive in fast-paced high-scale environments and love solving deep technical challenges this is your opportunity to make a direct impact on one of the industrys most advanced ad tech platforms.

The Impact Youll Make

Infrastructure & Cloud Operations

• Design deploy and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) using IaC tools (Terraform)
• Automate provisioning scaling and monitoring using Kubernetes Docker and Helm
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and improve developer velocity
• Optimize cloud costs while ensuring high availability and fault tolerance

Database Engineering & Performance

• Administer and optimize relational (MySQL PostgreSQL Vertica) and NoSQL (Aerospike Redis) databases
• Fine-tune queries indexes and schemas for high-throughput applications
• Implement replication sharding and clustering for scalability and HA
• Manage data pipelines (Kafka Spark Airflow) for real-time analytics

Capacity Planning & Scaling

• Monitor database growth trends and perform capacity planning to optimize resource usage.
• Scale databases (horizontally/vertically) to meet business demands.

Observability & Reliability

• Build monitoring logging and alerting (Prometheus Grafana)
• Practice SRE principles to improve system reliability (SLIs/SLOs error budgets)
• Conduct performance benchmarking stress testing and disaster recovery drills

Automation & Cloud Database Management

• Develop Python/Go/Shell scripts to automate repetitive tasks
• Maintain configuration management (Ansible Chef Puppet) for consistency

Who You Are

• Basic Requirements
• 3 years of DBA experience with expertise in mainstream database systems (MySQL PostgreSQL Vertica Aerospike etc.).
• Strong knowledge of SQL optimization index design transaction management and locking mechanisms.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix systems and scripting languages (Shell/Python) for automation.
• Hands-on experience in setting up and maintaining high-availability database solutions (e.g. replication clustering).

• Preferred Skills
• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB Redis Cassandra).
• Familiarity with big data technologies (Hadoop Spark Kafka) is a plus.
• Experience managing cloud databases (Google Cloud SQL AWS RDS Aurora).
• Knowledge of the advertising technology (AdTech) industry or large-scale data processing.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and package management with Helm charts
• Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes Docker)

• Soft Skills
• Fluent in English and Mandarin.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to respond quickly under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with development operations and product teams.
• Passion for database technologies and staying updated with industry trends (e.g. NewSQL Serverless DB).

Why Join AppLovin Axon

AppLovin offers top talent highly competitive compensation and benefits attracting elite professionals from leading global tech companies. Our R&D team consists of fewer than 100 members where each individuals contribution directly drives the companys growth and success. Here youll tackle comprehensive technical challenges participate in the design and development of core products and directly impact the advertising experiences of millions of users. Youll collaborate with some of the worlds most talented developers achieving technological breakthroughs in an environment that values freedom and 2024 AppLovins annual revenue surpassed $4 billion and the companys stock price soared over 700% thanks to the teams exceptional contributions. Join us and be part of a world-class team creating the next growth miracle!