Lead DevOps Engineer

Praktika.ai

. Design, build, and run Praktika's AWS-based infrastructure end to end .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeRemote • United Arab EmiratesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and managing AWS-based infrastructure, with a strong focus on security, compliance, and automation. Proficient in implementing infrastructure as code and collaborating across teams to enhance operational efficiency and AI integration.

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AWS Infrastructure ManagementInfrastructure As Code Using TerraformAI Tool DevelopmentSecurity Compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR)DevSecOps Experience

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Hard Skills

AWSTerraformInfrastructure SecurityAI Coding AgentsContainers (ECS)CI/CDMonitoringIncident InvestigationAutomationTechnical Compliance

Soft Skills

Ownership MindsetCollaborationAsynchronous CommunicationAdaptabilityInfluencing Without Authority

Tools & Technologies

ECSSelf-Service WorkflowsService TemplatesMonitoring EnvironmentsAI-Powered Tools

Industry Keywords

ISO 27001SOC 2GDPRML InfrastructureLLM Inference

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and run Praktika's AWS-based infrastructure end to end
Own infrastructure operations and respond when infrastructure fails
Manage company-wide identity and access, including cloud accounts, vendors, internal tools, onboarding, and offboarding
Own infrastructure security, including IAM, networks, secrets, audit logs, and technical compliance
Manage compliance-related technical work for ISO 27001, SOC 2, and GDPR
Control infrastructure and AI vendor costs
Run hosting and inference infrastructure for ML and LLM models
Automate recurring operational requests and create self-service workflows
Rebuild infrastructure processes around AI, including code review, monitoring, observability, alert triage, and incident investigation
Create safe deployment, review, and monitoring environments for internal tools and applications
Build AI-powered tools
Provide delivery teams with service templates, CI/CD, safe deployments, and alerts
Collaborate with engineering and non-engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep hands-on AWS experience in production, including containers on ECS
Infrastructure as code using Terraform
Solid security foundation and genuine interest in security
Experience building working tools with AI coding agents and using AI daily
Experience changing how other teams work without formal authority
Experience setting technical direction and splitting large projects into deliverable parts
Ability to thrive in an asynchronous, distributed, written-first culture
Ownership mindset, agency, devotion, and autonomy
Bonus: DevSecOps experience and understanding of how attacks work
Bonus: hands-on work on SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR
Bonus: experience with clouds other than AWS
Bonus: experience with infrastructure for ML/LLM inference
Bonus: prior experience at an early-stage or high-growth consumer product company

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity that grows with your impact (stock options)
26 days of holiday plus bank holidays (34 days per year total)
Health and wellness benefits via SafetyWing
Full AI toolkit access: Claude, Cursor, Codex, and other productivity tools
$1,000 annual education and learning budget
Fully remote work
Room to grow, with scope potentially growing to Head of Platform (backend team)
Annual company off-site