Remote Backend Engineer and Devops Engineer - Microservices - AI Trainer ($30-$63 per hour)

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• Responsibilities
• Architect and develop
• high-performance, fault-tolerant microservices
• . - Build and maintain
• CI / CD pipelines
• deployment workflows
• , and
• infrastructure-as-code
• . - Manage
• Kubernetes clusters
• cloud infrastructure
• (AWS / GCP), and container orchestration. - Implement
• monitoring, observability, and security best practices
• . - Collaborate with backend and AI teams to optimize system performance and reliability. - Continuously improve automation, deployment speed, and operational efficiency. ###
• Requirements
• 3+ years of experience in
• backend engineering and / or DevOps
• roles. - Strong understanding of
• microservices architecture
• and
• API design
• . - Proficiency in
• Go, Python, Node.js, or Java
• . - Hands-on experience with
• Docker, Kubernetes
• , and
• cloud environments
• (AWS / GCP). - Familiarity with
• Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions
• . - Experience with
• databases
• (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and
• message queues
• (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS). - Solid grasp of
• monitoring stacks
• (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and
• CI / CD principles
• . ###
• Bonus Points
• Experience in
• AI / ML infrastructure
• or
• large-scale distributed systems
• . - Contributions to
• open-source
• DevOps or backend frameworks. - Knowledge of
• GitOps
• serverless
• , or
• edge computing
• . ###
• Pay & Work Structure
• You’ll be classified as an
• hourly contractor
• to Mercor. - Paid weekly via Stripe Connect, based on hours logged. - Remote and flexible working style.