Contract Principal Platform Reliability Engineer

Job ID: 39626606

Budget: $3,000 – $5,000 USD

Company: anka EK (a-OK Platform)
Location: Remote (Asia/Kathmandu timezone preferred)
Engagement: 3-month contract, with option to extend
Start Date: ASAP

About Us
anka EK’s a-OK is a closed-loop voucher platform built on a Go microservices back end and Flutter-based mobile and web front ends. We empower businesses with secure, scalable voucher solutions globally under a trust-account structure.

Role Overview
We seek a Contract Principal Platform Reliability Engineer (PPRE) to lead a comprehensive audit of our a-OK system. You will assess architecture, scalability, resilience, observability, and performance, delivering actionable recommendations aligned with international standards.

Key Responsibilities
Audit & Assessment: Conduct a deep-dive across six pillars: Architecture & Framework Review, Scalability & Load Balancing, Resilience & High Availability, Observability & SRE Practices, Performance Profiling & Optimization, and CI/CD & Automation.


- Standards Alignment: Validate compliance with ISO/IEC 42010, 25010, 27031, CNCF best practices, and Google SRE principles.

- Deliverables: Produce detailed audit reports, gap analyses, and a prioritized remediation roadmap, culminating in an executive summary.

- Collaboration: Work closely with the CTO, DevOps, engineering, and product teams; present findings in weekly syncs and a final executive briefing.

- Knowledge Transfer: Document runbooks, architecture artifacts, and best-practice guidelines for ongoing maintenance.


Required Qualifications

- Experience: 8+ years in Site Reliability, Platform, or Performance Engineering roles; proven track record auditing cloud-native systems.

Technical Skills:
- Go (Go Lang) microservices frameworks (Gin, Echo, net/http) and dependency management (Go Modules).
- Flutter performance profiling and front-end optimization.
- Kubernetes (incl. HPA), Docker, Terraform/CloudFormation.
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry.
- Performance tools: pprof, flame graphs, JMeter/Locust.
- Certifications (Preferred): Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Solutions Architect Pro, Google Professional Cloud Architect.
- Soft Skills: Strategic thinker, excellent communicator, standards-driven, and collaborative mindset.

Engagement Details
- Duration: 3 months contract (flexible start date)
- Compensation: Competitive fixed fee (milestone-based payments)
- Confidentiality: NDA required prior to engagement


Application: Submit CV, portfolio of past audits, and brief cover letter detailing similar project experience.