Overview

Infrastructure Engineer | $70/hr Remote Jobs in South Africa at Crossing Hurdles

Title: Infrastructure Engineer | $70/hr Remote

Company: Crossing Hurdles

Location: South Africa

Position: Infrastructure Engineer

Type: Contract

Compensation: $40 – $70/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10-40 hrs/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Navigate, troubleshoot, and recover dynamic infrastructure and long-running processes in real-time using command-line tools.
  • Master and manage highly containerized environments, including orchestrating Dockerized sandboxes and CI/CD workflows.
  • Build, maintain, and optimize systems for AI model training and high-throughput compute environments.
  • Respond swiftly to system errors, executing dynamic mid-operation replanning and recovery.
  • Collaborate with engineering and AI teams to ensure seamless integration, reliability, and performance.
  • Document system architectures, incident responses, and recovery protocols with meticulous clarity.

Requirements

  • Have demonstrated expert proficiency working in terminal environments for system builds, server administration, and infrastructure management.
  • Possess advanced problem-solving skills for multi-step troubleshooting, filesystem navigation, and process management within containerized settings.
  • Have hands-on experience with Python, Bash, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Rust, and/or C/C++.
  • Have deep familiarity with build systems, package managers, databases, web servers, ML frameworks, version control, and cryptography tools.
  • Have a proven ability to execute dynamic infrastructure recovery and optimize long-running processes under pressure.

Application Process

  • Easy Apply on LinkedIn
  • Check email for next steps
  • Participate in resume evaluation & interview stage
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