Design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and deployment systems that support SwapRail’s scalability, reliability, and performance.
Location: Remote / Work from Home
Type: Part-time preferred / Full-time available
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multi-service environments
- Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP) and deployment workflows
- Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and high availability
- Manage containerized environments using Docker
- Optimize infrastructure cost and performance
- Support blockchain node infrastructure and RPC reliability
Requirements
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP)
- Strong experience with Docker and containerized deployments
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems and networking
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
Nice to Have
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience running blockchain nodes (Ethereum, L2s, etc.)
- Experience with high-throughput distributed systems
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
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