Abnormal AI is looking for a Senior Software Backend Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to lead and support their team managing restricted government cloud environments for federal customers, focusing on reliability, performance, and compliance.
Requirements
- Proven ability to maintain 99.99% uptime in production environments
- 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Python or Go, and AWS
- 4+ years of experience working with distributed systems
- Familiarity with Redis, Kafka/PubSub, and relational databases
- Experience with FedRAMP compliance and government security requirements
- Track record of implementing secure CI/CD pipelines in restricted or regulated environments
Responsibilities
- Automate and build tools to eliminate repetitive operational tasks and reduce toil
- Maintain and scale reliable software applications using DevOps best practices
- Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, builds, and deployments
- Optimize and maintain Kubernetes-based orchestration systems for performance and reliability
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across application, infrastructure, and distributed system layers
- Participate in on-call rotations and support incident response
- Ensure compliance with government cloud standards across applications and infrastructure
Other
- 10+ years of overall experience, including 6+ years in software development and 3+ years in DevOps practices
- Experience in fast-paced or startup-like environments
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across cross-functional teams and divisions
- Ability to ramp up quickly and contribute in complex, large-scale environments
- Demonstrated leadership in incident management and operational reliability
