Job Specifications
Company: BespokeLabs (VC-backed, founded by IIT & Ivy League leaders)
Role: DevOps / Backend Engineer
Type: Contract | Remote | 20–40 hrs/week | 8–16 weeks
Pay: $40–$80/hr
Eligible Locations (Remote) - United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Colombia, Brazil
About the Role
We're building a new AI training initiative that requires real-world engineering experience. You’ll help design and document authentic DevOps + backend scenarios based on incidents you’ve handled—outages, scaling issues, secure deployments, distributed systems challenges, and more. Your experience will directly train next-generation AI systems.
What You’ll Do
Capture real DevOps + backend incidents and convert them into benchmark tasks
Contribute to secure, scalable, Kubernetes-native architectures
Work across CI/CD, observability, identity, infrastructure-as-code, and backend services
Collaborate with our team to build realistic engineering workflows
Required Experience (5–12 years)
Strong hands-on experience in DevOps and/or Backend Engineering, including:
Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD (GitLab CI preferred)
Go / Python / Java, Docker, gRPC, Kubernetes-native services
Experience with secure, offline/air-gapped deployments (big plus)
Familiarity with at least five of the following:
Identity & Access Management
Observability (Prometheus + Grafana)
CI/CD Pipelines
Keycloak
GitLab CI
Terraform OSS
Kubernetes tools & ecosystem
ML/Distributed pipelines (nice to have)
Compensation:
This is a fully remote opportunity open to candidates based in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Colombia, and Brazil.
Hourly compensation for core projects typically ranges between USD $40 and $80 per hour. Final rates are determined based on experience, skills evaluation, location, project scope, and overall requirements
Bespoke Labs Hiring Process
Shortlisting → Review / Take-Home Test → Onboarding
Apply Now
If you’ve operated systems at scale and want flexible work while shaping next-gen AI, we’d love to hear from you.