DevOps Engineer

Job Type: Independent Contractor
Location: Remote
Compensation: $50–$100/hour ($104,000–$208,000 annualized, based on 40 hours/week)

About the Opportunity

We are seeking experienced DevOps Engineers to contribute to a customer project focused on scalable, modern cloud infrastructure.

You will apply your DevOps expertise to help train next-generation AI systems through high-quality, real-world technical input. No prior AI experience is required — your infrastructure and engineering expertise is what matters.

This opportunity is suited to professionals with strong experience in CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, Linux, Git, and automation.

What You'll Do

• Design realistic DevOps tasks based on production-style scenarios involving CI/CD, containers, orchestration, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and incident response.

• Write working reference solutions with clear setup and validation steps.

• Review AI-generated outputs, identify failures, and provide precise corrections with supporting reasoning.

• Maintain a high standard for correctness and reproducibility.

• Provide structured feedback to improve future task design.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering.

• Strong coding ability in Python, Go, Bash, or TypeScript.

• Practical experience with CI/CD, including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.

• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with at least one cloud platform: AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.

• Advanced knowledge of Linux and Git.

• Professional English, written and spoken.

• Availability of at least 20 hours per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry.

• Background in security, secrets management, or platform reliability.

• Open-source contributions or technical writing experience.

• Previous experience with AI training data or model evaluation.

Contract Details

• Work arrangement: Fully remote.

• Engagement: Independent contractor.

• Availability: Minimum 20 hours per week.

• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on project requirements and performance.

Why Join

• Apply your DevOps expertise to next-generation AI systems.

• Work on realistic infrastructure, automation, and cloud engineering scenarios.

• Help improve how AI systems reason about DevOps and production infrastructure.

• Contribute your existing engineering expertise without requiring prior AI experience.