Freelance DevOps Engineer

Company Description Superfan.ng is an edtech learning platform focused on African languages and cultural knowledge. The platform uses a gamified, quiz-first approach to help users explore African proverbs, traditions, rites of passage, festivals, folklore, and customs. Designed for Africans and the diaspora, Superfan.ng aims to make language learning and cultural education engaging and accessible. The product is built to deepen users’ understanding of African heritage while providing a modern, interactive learning experience.
Role Description This is a full-time remote role for a Freelance DevOps Engineer. The DevOps Engineer will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure to support Superfan.ng’s learning platform, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security. Day-to-day tasks include managing infrastructure as code, setting up and optimizing CI pipelines, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting production issues. The role involves close collaboration with software developers to streamline deployment processes, automate workflows, and improve overall development and release cycles. The DevOps Engineer will also contribute to system administration tasks, environment configuration, and documentation of operational best practices.
Qualifications
Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills, including experience with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
Solid Software Development experience, with the ability to write clean, maintainable scripts or code in languages commonly used for DevOps (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration and delivery pipelines, using platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Jenkins.
Proficient System Administration skills, including managing servers, networking, security configurations, and performance tuning.
Advanced Linux skills, including shell scripting, package management, and troubleshooting in production environments.
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization/orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is highly beneficial.
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch) and a proactive approach to incident response.
Strong communication skills, ability to collaborate in remote teams, and comfort working across time zones.
Previous experience in edtech, consumer apps, or culturally focused products is a plus.

Work arrangement
Yes