Platform Engineer (freelancer)

Soul Ai; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 180,000 - 300,000; Part time

Job summary

Soul AI is seeking top-tier Platform Engineers to build scalable AI/ML platforms. You will architect cloud infrastructure across AWS/GCP/Azure, design resilient Kubernetes clusters, and implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.

Join an elite community that works on cutting-edge AI challenges, with remote-friendly arrangements and project-based timelines of 2 to 12 months. The role emphasizes high-performance infrastructure, security, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes clusters and automation tooling
• Familiarity with observability, security practices, and cost optimization

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Design and implement Kubernetes clusters with Helm, Kustomize, and service meshes
• Develop CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Argo CD for automated deployments
• Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and automate provisioning with Ansible/Chef/Puppet

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Infrastructure as code

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Helm

Kustomize

Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd)

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Argo CD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

About the Role

Step into the world of AI innovation with the Experts Community of Soul AI (By Deccan AI).

We are looking for Indias top 1% Platform Engineers for a unique job opportunity to work with the industry leaders.

Who can be a part of the community.

We are looking for Platform Engineers focusing on building scalable and high-performance AI/ML platforms.

Strong background in cloud architecture, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation is expected.

If you have experience in this field then this is your chance to collaborate with industry leaders.

Whats in it for you.

Pay above market standards.

The role is going to be contract based with project timelines from 2 12 months, or freelancing.

Be a part of an Elite Community of professionals who can solve complex AI challenges.

Be a part of an Elite Community of professionals who can solve complex AI challenges.

Work location could be.

• Remote (Highly likely).
• Onsite on client location.
• Deccan AIs OfficeHyderabad or Bangalore.

Responsibilities.

• Architect and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure using tools like Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Design and implement Kubernetes clusters with Helm, Kustomize, and Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd).
• Develop CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Argo CD for automated deployments.
• Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) for logging, monitoring, and tracing & automate infrastructure provisioning with tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and optimize cloud costs and security.

Required Skills

• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi) with strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting (Bash, Python).
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) and security practices (RBAC, IAM).
• Familiarity with networking (VPC, Load Balancers, DNS) and performance optimization.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Chaos Engineering (Gremlin, LitmusChaos), Canary or Blue-Green deployments.
• Knowledge of multi-cloud environments, FinOps, and cost optimization strategies.