Backend / Platform Engineer

About GovEagle
We build an AI‑powered platform that helps government contractors draft proposals faster and more securely. Our stack: Python micro‑services, Celery workers, Redis, Kubernetes, and LLM integrations in AWS GovCloud & Azure GovCloud.

The Role
Help us hit a strict uptime & latency SLA by auditing our infrastructure and knocking out the highest‑impact fixes within four weeks.

What You’ll Tackle

• Replace Celery workers with KEDA-triggered kube-jobs backed by SQS.
• Tune autoscaling (HPA & Karpenter) for bursty LLM workloads.
• Instrument the new pipeline end-to-end in Prometheus/Grafana with actionable alerts.
• Deliver Terraform modules / Helm charts our tiny team can maintain.
• Clear documentation so our small team can maintain the improvements

Tech You’ll Touch
Python · Redis · Kubernetes (Helm/Kustomize) · Celery · Docker · AWS · Karpenter
Bonus: Terraform, Prometheus/Grafana, GitHub Actions

What We Need

• 3+ yrs running high‑availability production systems
• Deep experience scaling Python services on Kubernetes
• Track record with queue‑based architectures and observability
• FedRAMP / GovCloud familiarity is a plus

How to Apply
Message me here with a short intro, relevant project highlights, and your hourly rate. We’ll move fast.