About the role

What will you do at abra?

abra R&D is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer! abra R&D is looking for a DevOps Engineer who will take part in building a next-generation data and agent platform designed for real-time, AI-driven systems at scale. We are looking for a Staff Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer to own and build the production infrastructure layer across our entire platform.

This role goes beyond traditional DevOps- you will design and implement infrastructure systems in code, including core services such as authentication, encryption, and internal platform tooling Our stack is primarily GCP, with plans for multi-cloud (AWS, Azure) deployment.

What you’ll do: Design and build cloud infrastructure for DB and the AI platform (primarily GCP, expanding to AWS/Azure) Develop infrastructure services in code (authentication, encryption, internal platform services) using Python, Go, or TypeScript Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, build systems, release pipelines) Implement and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar) Design and operate Kubernetes (K8s) environments for high-scale, distributed systems Build and maintain observability systems (monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting) Ensure security best practices across infrastructure (secrets management, IAM, encryption) Optimize system reliability, scalability, and performance across environments Work closely with backend, database, and AI teams to support production workloads Requirements 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering Strong experience with GCP (primary), plus familiarity with AWS and/or Azure Proven experience building production-grade infrastructure systems, not just pipelines Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or TypeScript Deep experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and containerized environments Strong experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions or similar) Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) Solid understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems Experience with monitoring and observability stacks Strong Plus Experience building internal platform tooling or developer infrastructure Experience with database infrastructure and stateful distributed systems Familiarity with multi-cloud architectures and cross-cloud deployment strategies Experience with SonarQube or similar code quality/security tools Background in high-scale production environments

Which skills does this role require?

DevOpsGCPDockerCloud MigrationOn-Premise MigrationProduction ReliabilityAutomationPipeline DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureReliabilityDeploymentsOn-PremiseMigrationAI Agents

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