Senior DevOps & AI Engineer - Remote Worldwide — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is a strong fit for the location-independent lifestyle. Lemon.io places developers fully remotely across 75+ countries, making it one of the most geo-flexible developer networks available. The job explicitly accepts candidates from the EU, US, Canada, UK, Australia, Singapore, much of Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Timezone flexibility: The posting doesn't mandate specific working hours, and since you'll be contracting through Lemon.io's platform with a US/EU startup, expect some overlap with either US Eastern or Central European hours — typically a 4-hour overlap window is common at such firms. Developers in Southeast Asia (UTC+7 to UTC+9) may need to adjust their schedule for morning calls.
Visa considerations: No visa assistance is provided, so you'll need existing work authorization or a valid nomad/freelance visa. Popular options include:
- Portugal (NHR + D8 Digital Nomad Visa) — EU access, favorable tax rates, strong tech community in Lisbon
- Thailand (LTR Visa) — Low cost of living in Bangkok (~$1,500–2,500/mo), excellent coworking infrastructure
- Colombia (Digital Nomad Visa) — Medellín offers coworking spaces and a low cost of living (~$1,200–2,000/mo)
Contract structure: This starts as a contract engagement — ideal for nomads who prefer project-based income. The contract-to-hire pathway is a bonus if you want eventual stability. No travel-specific perks (coworking stipend, equipment budget) are mentioned explicitly.
Headquarters: New York, NY
URL: https://lemon.io
Senior Developer? Work Remote. Get Paid Well. Build What Matters.
Lemon.io connects hand-picked senior developers with vetted startups across the US and Europe — no bidding wars, no ghosting, just serious opportunities.
We're currently hiring for a research-driven AI company on a mission to slash the cost of modern AI — co-designing hardware, software, algorithms, and models to make AI's benefits accessible to everyone. They're active open-source contributors, building the infrastructure behind next-generation AI at scale.
Open roles:
- Senior Software Engineer (Golang)
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Senior Python & LLM Developer
Why this one's worth a look:
Starts as contract work through our platform — but perform well, and you're on track for direct hire with equity, health insurance, and other competitive benefits. You'll be working on infrastructure that directly shapes how AI gets built and deployed, at a company operating at the frontier of the field.
Locations: EU, US, Canada, UK, Australia, Singapore
Senior Golang Developer
Build the Go-based platform that lets research and inference teams provision, scale, repair, and tear down GPU clusters via API — no ticket queues. You'll own it end to end: internal platform design, developer experience, and production ops.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years of experience with Golang and Kubernetes controllers
- Knowledge of Temporal is a must
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of experience with Linux and Kubernetes
- 3+ years of experience with Python or Golang
- At least 2 years of expertise with Ansible
- 2+ years of experience with bare-metal provisioning
Senior DevOps Engineer
Requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years of experience with Python or Golang
- 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes
Senior Platform Engineer
Requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years of experience with Python or Golang
- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes
- AI-assisted coding is a must
Senior Python + LLM Developer
Requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of experience with Python
- 2+ years of experience with Linux and Kubernetes
- 2+ years of experience in AI agent development
Not your stack? We're placing Senior Developers (4+ yrs commercial experience) across AI Agent Architecture, AI Automation Architecture, AI Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, React & Python, React & Golang, Golang, React & Java, React & Ruby, Ruby, PHP & Vue, Vue & Node.js, React & .NET, Android & iOS, iOS & Swift, Flutter & Dart, Blockchain (Ethereum/Ethers.js/Wagmi/Viem/Solana), Angular & Node.js, Vue & .NET, Python & Vue, DevOps, MLOps, Data Science, Angular & PHP, Angular & .NET, Symfony & React, Symfony & Vue, Symfony & Angular, Python, Symfony & JavaScript & Next.js & TypeScript, Data Analysis, React & PHP, Data Engineering, Project Management, Product Management, QA Automation, QA Manual, Embedded Software Engineering, React Native & Node, React Native & React, React Native & Ruby, React Native & Python, WordPress, Android, Data Annotation, Angular, Python & Node, React & Node.js, Java & Spring, Svelte & Python, Svelte & Node.js, Svelte & TypeScript, Rust, Shopify & JavaScript, Vue & Nuxt, PHP & Laravel, UI/UX Design, Animation, Graphic Design, React & Node & React Native, .NET & C#, Electron, Scala, C++, Unreal Engine & C++, Python & LLM, Unity, or Machine Learning Engineering — and more. Reach out and we'll match you.
No visa assistance provided. Contract engagements don't include direct-hire benefits.
We work with developers across 75+ countries in Europe, Latin America, North America, select Asian markets (Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Israel), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea), and Africa (including Morocco, South Africa).
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/lemon-io-senior-devops-engineer-3
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