Hire DevOps engineers
Hire DevOps engineers and AWS developers
By Yash Soni, Founder & CEO, Apex36Updated
In short
Hire DevOps engineers from Apex36 at $45/hr, the DevOps specialist rate, for CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes and cloud cost work. Engineers who build applications on AWS start at $20/hr. Our DevOps work includes a multi-account AWS platform written in Python CDK and a legal AI platform running on AWS EKS. Minimum 80 hours a month, with a start within 1 week.
Key facts
| Rates | DevOps specialist $45/hr · Junior $20/hr · Mid $25 to $30/hr · Senior $30+/hr |
|---|---|
| Typical start | An engineer can start within 1 week |
| Minimum and notice | Minimum 80 hours a month; 2 weeks' notice to change hours |
| Time zones | We adjust our working hours to your time zone |
| Markets | US, UK, Australia, Singapore, UAE |
| Stack | AWS (CDK, Lambda, Fargate, EKS, CodePipeline), Terraform, Bicep, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, GCP |
Who you work with
- Founded
- 2022, in India
- Team
- 6 people: the founder and 5 engineers
- Founder
- Yash Soni, building software since 2017
- Delivered
- 50+ projects
- Clients in
- US, UK, Germany, Belgium, Australia
Hire DevOps engineers
A DevOps engineer from us sets up the path from a commit to production and keeps it working: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container builds, separate environments for dev, stage and prod, monitoring and alerts. DevOps work is billed at $45/hr, the specialist rate. Certifications: CKAD, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft AZ-900.
Hire AWS developers
Not every AWS job is DevOps. An AWS developer builds the application on AWS services: Lambda functions, queues on SQS, scheduled jobs with EventBridge, containers on Fargate and models on Bedrock. These engineers are billed at our standard rates, from $20/hr, and bring in a DevOps engineer only when the infrastructure needs one.
DevOps and AWS work from our projects
- A multi-account AWS platform for a pharma enterprise customer: dev, stage and prod in separate accounts, deployed by CodePipeline from a central tools account, all in Python AWS CDK, run since July 2024
- DecoverAI: a legal AI platform deployed to production on AWS EKS
- Langfuse LLM observability deployed to Azure Container Apps with Bicep
- A client app moved from a VPS to AWS serverless
- Qoollege: a higher-education platform for Basira on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster
Kubernetes and containers
We run containers on AWS EKS, AWS Fargate and self-hosted Kubernetes, and build them with Docker. For a small team, Kubernetes is often more than the product needs, and we will tell you when Fargate or a serverless setup does the job with less to maintain.
Hire cloud engineers for Azure and GCP
Most of our infrastructure work is on AWS, and we also work on Azure and GCP. On Azure we have deployed Container Apps with Bicep and run Azure DevOps pipelines for Basira's GyaanSchool platform. On GCP we have worked on code execution sandboxes for BlackBox AI and a document RAG platform for a Basira client.
Rates for DevOps and AWS work
- DevOps specialist, $45/hr: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, monitoring and cloud cost reviews
- Junior engineer on AWS, $20/hr: Lambda functions, scripts and integrations from a clear spec
- Mid-level engineer on AWS, $25 to $30/hr: services on Lambda, Fargate and SQS end to end
- Senior engineer, $30+/hr: application architecture on AWS and technical lead work
For a one-off setup at a fixed price, see DevOps consulting, from $1,500.
Proof from our work
DevOps · AWS
Multi-account AWS CDK platform
Six infrastructure repositories in Python CDK across three AWS accounts, with Langfuse on Azure Container Apps.
Read the case studyLegal Tech · eDiscovery
DecoverAI
13 months of dedicated support on a legal AI platform running on AWS EKS.
Read the case studyCloud migration: VPS to AWS serverless
A client app moved from a VPS to AWS serverless.
TEAMS WE HAVE BUILT FOR
What clients say about working with us
Founded by Yash Soni, Top Rated on Upwork with a 100% Job Success Score
“One of the hardest-working and meticulous engineers I have encountered... helped build the infrastructure and Generative AI platform that is now deployed in large law firms throughout the United States... We eventually raised 2M+ in funding with the help of his efforts.”
“Yash and his team did an amazing job on the project.”
Frequently asked questions
At Apex36, DevOps work is $45/hr, the specialist rate, with a minimum of 80 hours a month. A one-off DevOps setup is also available at a fixed price from $1,500.
A DevOps engineer builds and runs the path to production: pipelines, infrastructure and monitoring. An AWS developer builds the application on AWS services such as Lambda and SQS, at our standard rates from $20/hr.
AWS CDK, Terraform and Bicep. We work in whichever one your team already uses.
Yes: AWS EKS for DecoverAI and a self-hosted cluster for Qoollege. We also tell you when Fargate or serverless would be simpler to run.
Hourly work has a minimum of 80 hours a month. For a short, defined job, a fixed-price DevOps setup from $1,500 is usually the better choice.
Certifications: CKAD, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft AZ-900.
Related services: DevOps and cloud consulting · Staff augmentation · Dedicated development team
Find out what to build first
Start with the free AI readiness assessment and get a written report by email, or book a 30-minute strategy call with the founder.