DevOps Engineer Intern

Overview

OLake (Open-source)

An open-source platform that makes it effortless to stream data into Apache Iceberg and keep tables healthy at petabyte scale.

📂 GitHub: https://github.com/datazip-inc/olake

We’re a team of open-source engineers based in Bangalore, India — backed by $1M seed funding — building one of the fastest, most reliable data replication systems in the Apache Iceberg ecosystem.

🔍 What You’ll Work On

• Automate deployments and scale OLake’s cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes and Helm.
• Monitor and optimize OLake’s production pipelines across multi-cloud environments.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, observability dashboards, and security workflows.
• Collaborate with the core team to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Document setups, write sample configs, and contribute to open-source DevOps tooling.

✅ Must-Have Skills

• Prior internship experience in backend or systems development (Not crio.do or scaler or coding ninjas. It has to be a real company)
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Familiarity with Bash, Git, and Docker.
• Basic understanding of cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Working knowledge of at least one programming language (Go, Python, or Shell).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

💡 Nice-to-Have Skills

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Helm, or CloudFormation.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Advanced Docker knowledge and container troubleshooting.
• Contributions to open-source or community DevOps projects.

🛠 Our Infra Stack
Kubernetes • Docker • Helm • Terraform • AWS • Azure • Temporal • GitHub Actions • Prometheus • Grafana

🎯 Who We’re Looking For

• Passionate about cloud-native infrastructure and DevOps automation.
• Keen to learn how large-scale data systems are deployed and monitored.
• Comfortable troubleshooting distributed systems and network setups.
• Pursuing or recently completed a CS/IT degree (or equivalent experience).

📚 What You’ll Learn

• Production-grade Kubernetes operations.
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm) best practices.
• CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Multi-cloud deployment and monitoring.
• Open-source contribution workflows and collaboration with core engineers.

⏳ Internship Details
Duration: 6 months
Location: Bangalore (One-way flight ticket + 7-day accommodation provided)
Possibility: Extension or full-time offer based on performance

🎁 What We Offer

• Paid Internship: ₹30,000–₹50,000 per month (based on experience)
• One-way flight ticket to Bangalore & 7 days accommodation
• Direct mentorship from DevOps/SRE engineers and founders
• Exposure to real production workloads and open-source contributions
• A flexible, collaborative startup environment

Let’s build the backbone of the open data lakehouse movement 🌊