Abnormal AI is looking for a Software Backend Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to manage restricted government cloud environments for federal customers, focusing on building scalable infrastructure, supporting distributed systems, and ensuring reliability, performance, and compliance.
Requirements
- Proven ability to maintain 99.99% uptime in production environments
- 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Python or Go, and AWS
- 2+ years of experience working with distributed systems
- Experience with FedRAMP compliance and government security requirements
- Track record of implementing secure CI/CD pipelines in restricted or regulated environments
- Familiarity with Redis, Kafka/PubSub, and relational databases
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
- 6+ years of overall experience, including 3+ years in software development and 2+ 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
