Senior Golang/Python AI Infrastructure Engineer Role in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
Career-Level Signal: This is a senior IC (Individual Contributor) role on infrastructure supporting GPU-scale AI workloads — one of the hottest and most specialized areas in tech right now. If you want to build credibility at the intersection of AI and cloud infrastructure, this is the type of project that stands out on a resume.
Skills You'll Develop:
- Production-grade Golang or Python in distributed, high-scale environments
- Kubernetes orchestration for GPU-heavy AI workloads
- AI-assisted coding practices — a fast-growing, in-demand discipline
- End-to-end ownership: design, build, ship, and measure business impact
Market Positioning: Senior backend engineers with Golang + Kubernetes + AI infrastructure experience command $150K–$220K+ annually at US-based companies. Lemon.io's contractor model may offer competitive rates, though without disclosed numbers, candidates should negotiate firmly based on market benchmarks.
Green Flags: The 10× fleet growth signals a company in rapid scaling mode — high impact work, complex problems, fast skill accumulation. Lemon.io has a vetted matching process, which means the client companies tend to be serious and well-funded.
Red Flags to Note: No traditional employment benefits (no health insurance, PTO, or equity mentioned). The contractor model suits those who value autonomy but may not suit those seeking stability or career ladders. The expectation to "onboard quickly and start shipping in your first weeks" suggests a lean team with limited ramp time.
Lemon.io helps companies in the US and Europe hire experienced engineers, from funded startups to teams like Klarna, Retool, and Pinterest. We've been doing this since 2015, and more than 1,500 companies have hired engineers through us.
Currently, we have a few open positions from our client, an AI-native cloud company. AI teams use its platform to run inference on open-source models, fine-tune them, and rent large GPU clusters. The fleet is set to grow about 10×; the team won't. That's where you come in.
Who They're Looking For
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Senior Back-end Developer with Golang
- Senior Back-end Developer with Python
- AI Infrastructure Engineer
- Distributed Storage Engineer
- DevOps
Requirements for Senior Back-end Developers with Golang
- 5+ years of commercial experience with Golang
- 2+ years of commercial experience with Kubernetes
- 1+ year of experience in AI-assisted coding
- Experience with distributed systems
Requirements for Senior Back-end Developers with Python
- 5+ years of commercial experience with Python
- 2+ years of commercial experience with Linux
- 2+ years of commercial experience with Kubernetes
- 1+ year of experience in AI-assisted coding
- Experience with distributed systems
General Expectations for All Candidates
- You own problems end-to-end: you spot the issue, design and build the solution, and ship it to production.
- You can show the business impact of your work with concrete results (e.g., faster processing, lower costs, more users, fewer incidents).
- Advanced English: you discuss business tasks, explain your decisions, raise issues early, and present yourself and your results well on client calls.
- You work full-time remotely and deliver without supervision.
- You onboard quickly and start shipping in your first weeks.
How It Works
- Apply and complete your profile.
- Verify your role.
- Once approved, we match you with a project.
Other job listings you can check using the application link. You will be redirected to the career page with offers from the client on our website.
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We do not provide visa assistance, and our cooperation model does not include the benefits typically offered with direct hire.
We work with developers from 75+ countries across Europe, Latin America, North America (the U.S. and Canada), selected countries in Asia (Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and Israel), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea), and Africa (including Morocco and South Africa).
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