Platform Engineer (freelancer)

Soul Ai; Kolkata District; Remote; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Soul AI is seeking top-tier Platform Engineers to build scalable, high-performance AI/ML platforms. You will architect cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure, and implement robust Kubernetes clusters with modern service meshes.

Join an elite community of professionals working on cutting-edge AI challenges. The role offers remote work with potential onsite engagements and contract-based timelines of 2–12 months or freelancing, paying above market standards.

Qualifications

• Strong background in cloud architecture, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD tooling is essential.
• Familiarity with multi-cloud and cost optimization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• 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) for logging, monitoring, tracing and automate provisioning with Ansible/Chef/Puppet.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Docker

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Argo CD

Istio

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.