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Karpenter jobs hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $203,718/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Kojo Technologies

usekojo.com
Make it faster, easier, and more sustainable to build the world around us so we can make cities more affordable and accessible to all.
usekojo.com • San Francisco • Mexico City • New York • Virtual Events • E-learning • Supply Chain • Est. 2018
San Francisco • Mexico City • New York • Virtual Events • E-learning • Supply Chain • Est. 2018
Verified live · 1 day ago 19 days ago

Senior Platform Engineer

$42k – $106k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
Amazon Aurora
DynamoDB
ElasticSearch
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Claude
Cursor
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI Codex
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
AWS CDK
CI/CD
Datadog
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Helm
Karpenter
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Pulumi
Terraform
GitHub
FinOps
gRPC
Amazon EventBridge
IAM
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
Least Privilege
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Mindbody

mindbodyonline.com
Mindbody is a wellness business management software company headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, and founded in 2001. The company provides scheduling, payments, marketing, and staff management software for fitness studios, gyms, salons, and spas, together with a consumer app for booking classes and appointments. It serves tens of thousands of wellness businesses worldwide, has been owned by Vista Equity Partners since 2019, and later combined with ClassPass.
mindbodyonline.com • HQ: San Luis Obispo, United States • Billing & Invoicing • Wellness Programs • Lifestyle • Club Management • Sports • Fitness • Software • Est. 2001
HQ: San Luis Obispo, United States • Billing & Invoicing • Wellness Programs • Lifestyle • Club Management • Sports • Fitness • Software • Est. 2001
Verified live · 1 day ago 1 month ago

Senior Platform Engineer

$42k – $105k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office • Internship • Senior
Go
Python
TypeScript
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
CloudFormation
GCP
GitOps
Kubernetes
Pulumi
Terraform
Istio
Karpenter
KEDA
Service Mesh
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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Verified live · 1 day ago 19 days ago

Senior DevOps Engineer

$42k – $105k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office • Internship • Senior
Go
Python
TypeScript
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
CloudFormation
GCP
GitOps
Kubernetes
Pulumi
Terraform
Istio
Karpenter
KEDA
Service Mesh
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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Verified live · 1 day ago 1 month ago

Engineering Manager - Platform

$151k – $201k per year • Lead • 3+ years expIn office • Internship • Staff
Go
Python
TypeScript
DevOps
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
AWS
Azure
Azure DevOps
cert-manager
CI/CD
CloudFormation
GCP
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Pulumi
Terraform
Amazon S3
GitHub
IAM
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Wix

wix.com
Wix is a cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create professional websites through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools, including hundreds of customizable design templates, integrated hosting, and specialized features for e-commerce, blogging, and business management. By eliminating the need for complex coding skills, the service enables individuals and businesses to easily build, publish, and maintain a high-quality online presence.
wix.com • Tel Aviv • New York • Kyiv • Vancouver • Miami • Software • Web Design • Web Development
Tel Aviv • New York • Kyiv • Vancouver • Miami • Software • Web Design • Web Development
Verified live · 11 hours ago 20 days ago

DevOps Engineer - KubeOps Team

In office (Tel Aviv, Israel) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
LLM
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
Crossplane
Grafana
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Pulumi
Terraform
IAM
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Verified live · 11 hours ago 2 months ago

DevOps Engineer - Data team

Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Kyiv, Ukraine) • Full-Time • Senior
Bash
Python
Databases
Aerospike
Trino
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Amazon EKS
Ansible
AWS
Chef
Configuration Management
Helm
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Terraform
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VetsEZ

vetsez.com
VetsEZ is a digital services firm with expertise in the rapid delivery of modern, user-centric, and data-driven digital solutions that helps the federal government serve our people better. We accelerate the missions of our federal partners through human-centered design (HCD), DevSecOps practices, and automation and by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud computing in public and private clouds. VetsEZ is a mature Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), appraised at CMMI-DEV L3 and certified as an ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, and ISO 27001 company.
vetsez.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees
HQ: San Diego, United States • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees
$110k – $213k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Public Trust • Senior
Copilot
DevOps
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
Cilium
Datadog
Gateway API
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Istio
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Kustomize
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Service Mesh
Terraform
GitHub
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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PostHog

posthog.com
PostHog is a product analytics company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2020 by James Hawkins and Tim Glaser. The company builds an open source platform combining product analytics, session replay, feature flags, A/B testing, surveys, and error tracking that teams can self-host or run on its cloud. It went through Y Combinator, operates as a fully remote organisation, and publishes its internal handbook and pricing openly.
posthog.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Analytics Platforms • Software • Web Analytics • Product Analytics • Data & Analytics • Est. 2020
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Analytics Platforms • Software • Web Analytics • Product Analytics • Data & Analytics • Est. 2020
Verified live · 1 day ago 26 days ago

Site Reliability Engineer (US - Central/Eastern time)

$109k – $245k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
Cilium
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Self-Healing
Terraform
Terragrunt
IAM
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Management
Slack
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Verified live · 1 day ago 26 days ago

Site Reliability Engineer (US - Pacific time)

$102k – $265k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
Cilium
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Self-Healing
Terraform
Terragrunt
IAM
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Management
Slack
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United Tech AI

unitedtech.ai
United Tech AI is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence solutions, enterprise software development, and digital transformation services. The organization focuses on leveraging machine learning, cloud infrastructure, and advanced automation to help businesses streamline operations and drive innovation. By delivering tailored AI-driven platforms, it enables clients across various industries to make data-driven decisions and enhance their competitive edge.
unitedtech.ai • HQ: Kyiv, Ukraine • Software • Mobile App Development • Dating & Relationships
HQ: Kyiv, Ukraine • Software • Mobile App Development • Dating & Relationships
Verified live · 8 hours ago 27 days ago

Middle DevOps Engineer

Middle • 3+ years expKyiv • Remote (Ukraine) • Full-Time • Middle
JavaScript
Node JS
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Claude
Mobile
Firebase
DevOps
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
AWS
Grafana
Helm
JFrog Artifactory
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Self-Healing
Terraform
Amazon S3
GitLab
Management
Slack
QA
Sentry
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Quantiphi

quantiphi.com
Quantiphi is an award-winning AI-first digital engineering company driven by the desire to solve transformational problems at the heart of business. Quantiphi solves the toughest and complex business problems by combining deep industry experience, disciplined cloud, and data-engineering practices, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence research to achieve quantifiable business impact at unprecedented speed.
quantiphi.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Boston, United States • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 1 day ago 27 days ago

Associate Technical Architect - SD - Java/Spring Boot

$94k – $175k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 8+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Architect
Java
COBOL
Java
Spring Boot
COBOL
IBM MQ
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Edge AI
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
GCP
Karpenter
Kubernetes
OpenShift
AWS Step Functions
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PicPay

picpay.com
PicPay is a digital payments and financial services super app. Its features include transfers, cards, credit, investments and shopping. The platform serves tens of millions of Brazilian users.
picpay.com • HQ: Vitória, Brazil • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2012
HQ: Vitória, Brazil • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2012
Verified live · 1 day ago 29 days ago

Analista SRE Sênior | Plataforma Kubernetes

Senior • In office • Senior • Portuguese: C1
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
External Secrets
Gateway API
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Service Mesh
Terraform
Amazon CloudWatch
IAM
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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Opus2

opus2.com
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in London, UK, Opus 2 cloud-based litigation and legal transcript management software and services business, providing 'paperless trial' solutions to the legal community globally.
opus2.com • Dubai • Abu Dhabi • Kansas City • Edinburgh • London • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity
Dubai • Abu Dhabi • Kansas City • Edinburgh • London • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity
Verified live · 1 day ago 29 days ago

Platform Engineer

$68k – $170k per year (Estimated)In office (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time
Bash
Java
PHP
Python
TypeScript
Databases
ElasticSearch
OpenSearch
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM Guardrails
DevOps
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
Crossplane
Docker
GitHub Actions
Grafana
Helm
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Terraform
Vector
GitHub
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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Salesforce

salesforce.com
Salesforce is a global leader in cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software, helping businesses connect with their customers in a whole new way. Its comprehensive Customer 360 platform provides integrated applications for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, and analytics.
salesforce.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Software • Information Technology • Sales & Marketing • Media & Entertainment • AI Agents • Commerce • Books • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Marketplaces • Marketing Automation • Cloud Computing • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Software • Information Technology • Sales & Marketing • Media & Entertainment • AI Agents • Commerce • Books • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Marketplaces • Marketing Automation • Cloud Computing • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 7 min ago 29 days ago

Senior Product Manager, Hyperforce

$173k – $260k per year • Senior • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, Washington, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
SQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Agentforce
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
GCP
Karpenter
Marketing
Salesforce
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Realtor.com

realtor.com
Realtor.com is a leading American real estate listings platform operated by Move, Inc. (a subsidiary of News Corp) and affiliated with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The website and mobile app provide comprehensive for-sale property directories, rental listings, home value estimators, and mortgage calculation tools for consumers across the United States.
realtor.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • PropTech • Real Estate • Real Estate Brokerage
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • PropTech • Real Estate • Real Estate Brokerage
Open 278 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 9 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer - DevOps

$119k – $230k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Austin, United States) • Senior
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
CircleCI
Docker
GitOps
Istio
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Service Mesh
Amazon S3
IAM
GCP
Google GKE
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 1 month ago

Software Eng, Sr Staff - DevOps

$137k – $280k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 6+ years expIn office (Austin, United States) • Staff
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
CircleCI
GitOps
Istio
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Service Mesh
Amazon S3
IAM
GCP
Google GKE
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Aivar Innovations

aivar.tech
Aivar Innovations is a tech company delivering IT services with a focus on AI, ML, and cloud solutions to help businesses drive digital transformation by developing AI-powered platforms and voice AI solutions.
aivar.tech • Coimbatore • Bengaluru • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2024
Coimbatore • Bengaluru • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2024
$25k – $63k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Bengaluru, India) • Senior
Llama
AWS Trainium
DevOps
AIOps
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
Grafana
Helm
Istio
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Prometheus
Terraform
IAM
Cybersecurity
Calico
Falco
Trivy
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Powered by Pioneer

poweredbypioneer.com
Powered by Pioneer is a Web3-focused talent platform and recruitment service provider specializing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. The organization connects software engineers, infrastructure developers, and specialized digital talent with major Web3 projects and open-source blockchain networks, such as BNB Chain. Additionally, it provides bespoke software engineering support and IT consultancy services to help organizations build and scale decentralized digital infrastructure.
poweredbypioneer.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
$119k – $260k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Nginx
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Terraform
ArgoCD
Helm
Helmfile
Istio
Linkerd
Service Mesh
IAM
Web3
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Ethereum
Layer 2
Solana
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Verified live · 2 days ago 1 month ago

Sr. DevOps Engineer (Blockchain Infra)

$93k – $236k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (Hong Kong, Singapore) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Nginx
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Terraform
ArgoCD
Helm
Helmfile
Istio
Linkerd
Service Mesh
IAM
Web3
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Ethereum
Layer 2
Solana
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Demandbase

demandbase.com
We're here to make B2B better by getting smarter. It's a calling!And it's how we're fulfilling our mission to transform how companies go to market.
demandbase.com • New York • Hyderabad • San Francisco • Austin • B2B Commerce • Artificial Intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Est. 2007
New York • Hyderabad • San Francisco • Austin • B2B Commerce • Artificial Intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Est. 2007
Verified live · 1 day ago 1 month ago

DevOps Engineer - AI Runtime Services

$17k – $77k per year (Estimated)Remote/Hybrid (Hyderabad, Pakistan) • Full-Time
Python
Databases
ClickHouse
AI/ML
LLM
RAG
LLM Guardrails
Braintrust
LangSmith
LiteLLM
Arize Phoenix
DevOps
AWS
GitOps
Kubernetes
Terraform
Grafana
Amazon EKS
Datadog
FinOps
GCP
GitLab CI
Karpenter
Loki
Prometheus
GitLab
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Elicit

elicit.com
Elicit is a research company that builds an artificial intelligence assistant for systematic literature review. Its product searches millions of papers, extracts methods, populations and findings into structured tables and drafts evidence summaries with citations. It grew out of the non-profit research organisation Ought, founded in 2018, and is used by academic, medical and policy researchers.
elicit.com • HQ: Oakland, United States • 11-50 employees • Est. 2018
HQ: Oakland, United States • 11-50 employees • Est. 2018
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 days ago 1 month ago

Infrastructure Engineer

$185k – $260k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Oakland, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Amazon Aurora
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
AI Agents
CoreWeave
Devin
NIST AI RMF
DevOps
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
Cloudflare
Datadog
GCP
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
SLI/SLO/SLA
Terraform
GitHub
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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The True Engineer

thetrueengineer.com
The True Engineer is an engineering leadership and software development publication platform hosted on Substack. Authored by Adlet Balzhanov, a senior software engineering lead with background in Big Tech and high-growth enterprise scale-ups, the publication delivers monthly long-form analytical essays, career frameworks, and strategic insights for software developers, engineering managers, and technology executives. Operating under a creator-driven digital subscription model, the newsletter focuses on technical leadership tactics, staff-level engineering practices, organizational dynamics within large tech companies, and navigating the operational impacts of AI on software development.
thetrueengineer.com • HQ: Stockholm, Sweden • Artificial Intelligence
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden • Artificial Intelligence
Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago

MLOps Engineer - GPU Platform (Inference & Training)

$21k – $51k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office (Almaty, Kazakhstan) • Relocation • Full-Time
Python
JavaScript
C++
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
InfiniBand
NCCL
TensorRT
Triton
vLLM
CoreWeave
Frontend
Bootstrap
DevOps
AIOps
Amazon EKS
ArgoCD
AWS
GitOps
Helm
Istio
Karpenter
KEDA
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Terraform
VictoriaMetrics
AWS Lambda
Cloudflare
FinOps
Grafana
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Tinybird

tinybird.co
Tinybird helps data teams build real-time Data Products at scale through SQL-based API endpoints
tinybird.co • Madrid • Database Management • Data & Analytics • Big Data • Est. 2019
Madrid • Database Management • Data & Analytics • Big Data • Est. 2019
$67k – $113k per year • Spain • Remote (Spain) • Full-Time • Spanish: C1
C++
Python
Databases
ClickHouse
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
Karpenter
KEDA
Kubernetes
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Schuberg Philis

schubergphilis.com
Schuberg Philis is a Dutch technology company founded in 2003 and based near Amsterdam. It runs mission-critical infrastructure and applications for banks, energy companies and government with full outcome responsibility. The employee-owned company is known for its promise of one hundred percent availability.
schubergphilis.com • HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands • E-learning • Logistics • Cybersecurity • 201-500 employees • Est. 2003
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands • E-learning • Logistics • Cybersecurity • 201-500 employees • Est. 2003
Open 312 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 10 months ago

Senior Kubernetes Engineer

$53k – $134k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office • Internship • Senior
Python
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
CI/CD
Git
GitOps
Kubernetes
IAM
Cilium
Datadog
External Secrets
Grafana
Karpenter
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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Smarsh

smarsh.com
Smarsh is a technology company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, that was founded in 2001. The company provides cloud-native software solutions for the capture, archiving, supervision, and electronic discovery of digital communications across more than 80 channels. It primarily serves organizations in highly regulated sectors, such as financial services and government agencies, to manage compliance and mitigate communication risks.
smarsh.com • HQ: Portland, United States • Document Management • Professional Services • Risk Management • Data Management • Security Compliance • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Data & Analytics • Est. 2001
HQ: Portland, United States • Document Management • Professional Services • Risk Management • Data Management • Security Compliance • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Data & Analytics • Est. 2001
$22k – $56k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
CI/CD
Git
Grafana
Helm
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Terraform
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Intetics

intetics.com
Intetics is a global software engineering and IT outsourcing company headquartered in Naples, Florida, and founded in 1995. The company builds distributed development teams and delivers custom software, data processing, quality assurance, geographic information systems, and digital transformation services under its Remote In-Sourcing model. It operates delivery centers across Eastern Europe and Latin America, serving clients in healthcare, logistics, finance, and the public sector.
intetics.com • HQ: Naples, United States • Quality Assurance • Data Engineering • Data & Analytics • Web Development • IT Consulting • IT Outsourcing • Information Technology • Software • Est. 1995
HQ: Naples, United States • Quality Assurance • Data Engineering • Data & Analytics • Web Development • IT Consulting • IT Outsourcing • Information Technology • Software • Est. 1995
Verified live · 1 day ago 1 month ago

1037| Senior MLOps specialist (3 Month Project)

Senior • Remote (Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia) • Contractor • Senior
Python
C
C
FFmpeg
Databases
OpenSearch
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
ClearML
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
Jenkins
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Vector
Amazon S3
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
Trivy
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Karpenter Jobs - Remote & On-site
Frequently asked questions
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What salary do Karpenter jobs pay?
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Are remote options available for Karpenter jobs?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
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