DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Job Description

Why You're Here

We're building Fuser — an AI-native creative platform for professionals. We've shipped a public beta with a solid foundation: multiplayer infrastructure, a node-based canvas, 50+ AI integrations, and 100k+ lines of code. Now we need to scale our infrastructure with the same care we've put into the product.

As our DevOps contractor, you'll work directly with our CTO and founding engineers to build robust, automated infrastructure that keeps our team moving fast without breaking things. This is a hands-on role focused on infrastructure-as-code, developer experience, and system reliability.

What You'll Do

Improve developer environments and workflows to reduce friction and environment-specific bugs

Build automation and tooling that enables faster, safer deployments and testing

Design infrastructure strategies that support our growing engineering team

Implement security best practices and operational standards across our stack

Ensure all infrastructure is maintainable, auditable, and follows IaC principles

What You'll Bring

Deep Cloudflare expertise — Workers, Durable Objects, R2, Containers, and the broader CF ecosystem

Infrastructure-as-code mindset — Everything should be versioned, reproducible, and maintainable

Experience with modern deployment tooling — GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, preview environments

Database operations knowledge — Branching strategies, migrations, backups, and replication

Security-first approach — Secrets management, environment isolation, access controls

Strong communication skills — You'll be working with a small, fast-moving engineering team

Bonus Points For

Experience with tRPC, Hono, or similar TypeScript-first frameworks

Background in developer tooling or platform engineering

Familiarity with real-time multiplayer infrastructure

Open-source contributions

Experience supporting creative or AI-native product companies

Our Stack

Frontend: React 19, React Router 7, Zustand, React Flow, Three.js

Backend: Cloudflare Workers, tRPC, Drizzle ORM, PartyKit, Durable Objects

Database & Storage: Supabase (PostgreSQL), D1, DO, R2

AI Integrations: 50+ APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Runway, FAL, and more)

How We Work

Remote-friendly — Work from anywhere in the U.S.

LA-based core team — Collaborate async via Slack and regular check-ins

High trust, high ownership — We value autonomy and clear communication

Small team, big impact — Your work directly shapes how engineers ship

Infrastructure-as-code first — Everything you build should be maintainable by the team long-term

Compensation & Engagement

Monthly contract with option for renewal based on project needs and fit

Flexible hours — Async-first with overlap for key meetings

Competitive contractor rates — Commensurate with experience

How We Interview

Intro Call — Meet a founding engineer to discuss your background, our needs, and how we work

Technical Conversation — Walk through your approach to infrastructure challenges similar to ours

Small initial scoped project — We start a paid contract with a small scope and a quick turnaround (<2 weeks)

Ongoing relationship — If all of the above goes well, we will offer you a longer contract (1 month) with options for renewal

We welcome candidates who may not have the “right” title or background but have the skills, mindset, and drive to build with us.At Fuser, the process is the point.

Fuser is a creative technology company founded by artists, educators, and engineers. We’re building tools for professionals who ideate, orchestrate, and deliver with intention. Our flagship product is a collaborative canvas for working across text, image, video, audio, and 3D, powered by the latest AI models.

We’re a small team in Los Angeles designing the future of creative software: joyful, intuitive, and powerful tools for real-world storytelling and production.

Fully remote