DevOps engineer for generative AI

Kaidon.ai; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaidon.ai, a technology-focused consultancy, seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to help deliver generative AI experiences at scale in Lisbon. You’ll shape platform patterns, own deployment pipelines, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve reliability, performance and cost efficiency.

You will coach developers in cloud architecture, IaC, and 12‑Factor apps, design resilient infrastructure, and stay ahead with new tools, contributing to the growth of Portugal’s infrastructure

Qualifications

• Highly experienced within a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering role.
• Deep AWS expertise, especially managed services.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience: packaging and deploying with Helm and GitOps, tuning resources, autoscaling, networking, and debugging workloads end to end.
• A security-by-default mindset, including IAM and least privilege.
• A solid grasp of software engineering practices and architectural patterns (e.g. CQRS, DDD, microservices).
• Experience with automated testing and deployment pipelines in a high-scale environment.
• Professional English.
• A clear communicator who can adapt your message for technical and non-technical audiences.
• A natural collaborator who thrives in cross-functional teams and adapts quickly.
• A continuous learner, customer-focused and passionate about quality and innovation.
• AI-aware: you’re excited by AI-assisted tools that streamline workflows, automate tasks and help you write better code.

Responsibilities

• Coach and train development teams in modern ways of working, including cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code and 12‑Factor App principles.
• Help teams build resilient, scalable, secure and cost‑efficient infrastructure.
• Maintain and continuously improve our services, deployment pipelines and processes.
• Design and build solutions that meet the functional and technical needs of customer, product and technical projects.

Skills

AWS

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

Security by default

Microservices

CQRS

DDD

Automated testing

English communication

Collaboration

Tools

Helm

IAM

Job description

Описание:

I am partnered with an innovative technology focussed consultancy as they are on the hunt for DevOps Engineers. They're partnering with a client to deliver generative AI experiences at scale, solving the reliability, performance and cost challenges that come with it. Few engineers have done this in production. You’ll shape the patterns, own the platform, and grow with people who back you.

Задачи:

Coach and train development teams in modern ways of working, including cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code and 12‑Factor App principles. Help teams build resilient, scalable, secure and cost‑efficient infrastructure. Maintain and continuously improve our services, deployment pipelines and processes. Design and build solutions that meet the functional and technical needs of customer, product and technical projects. Take part in major technical decisions and bring forward innovative ideas to improve platform and project performance. Keep up with emerging tools and approaches, and apply them to everyday challenges. Help grow infrastructure knowledge and practice in Portugal.

Требования:

Highly experienced within a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering role. Autonomy and seniority: you’re someone we can trust to run with problems without close supervision. Deep AWS expertise, especially managed services. Strong hands‑on experience with GitHub Actions (CI/CD) and Terraform (IaC). Hands‑on Kubernetes experience: packaging and deploying with Helm and GitOps, tuning resources, autoscaling, networking, and debugging workloads end to end. A security‑by‑default mindset, including IAM and least privilege. A solid grasp of software engineering practices and architectural patterns (e.g. CQRS, DDD, microservices). Experience with automated testing and deployment pipelines in a high‑scale environment. Professional English. A clear communicator who can adapt your message for technical and non‑technical audiences. A natural collaborator who thrives in cross‑functional teams and adapts quickly. A continuous learner, customer‑focused and passionate about quality and innovation. AI‑aware: you’re excited by AI‑assisted tools that streamline workflows, automate tasks and help you write better code. If you’re averse to AI, this may not be the right fit.

Условия:

Rate: up to €250 per day (around €60k per year) Location: Lisbon, hybrid (2 days a week in the office) A founding role with real ownership and visibility, and the chance to shape our presence in Portugal. A high‑scale, modern stack: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions and GitOps.