Senior remote talent. US-based partner.

Hire senior
Kubernetes & Docker Engineers.

Hire senior Kubernetes and Docker engineers for container platforms, deployment pipelines and production reliability. Match on your cloud provider, cluster setup and operational needs. Staff augmentation starts at $45/hr, with month-to-month terms and a US-based point of contact.

From $45/hr · month-to-month staff augmentation

Engineering talent and development technologies

Engineering partner for growth-stage companies

HeyGenRoktCuppa AIJumpSeedCertaPetVantex AI

Start with the work

Hire for the container work your team needs

Match your platform and workload

Running EKS, AKS, GKE or a self-managed cluster? We shape the shortlist around your environment, container builds, networking and deployment workflow. Review production examples that match the scale and complexity of your platform.

Give developers a clearer path to production

Define the friction: manual releases, inconsistent environments or hard-to-diagnose failures. Look for practical experience with delivery pipelines, configuration, observability and recovery. Choose the work that will make a measurable difference for your product team.

Set realistic operating responsibilities

A platform needs clear ownership after deployment. Agree on access, change reviews, working-hour overlap and any incident or on-call duties. Evaluate troubleshooting and communication through your interviews before deciding who joins the team.

Technical fit

Match your Kubernetes and container stack

Core Kubernetes

Kubernetes Pods Deployments StatefulSets DaemonSets CronJobs RBAC Network Policies Custom Resources (CRDs)

Docker & Containers

Docker Dockerfile Multi-Stage Builds Docker Compose Container Registry Buildah Podman OCI Images

Package & Config

Helm Kustomize Operator SDK Admission Controllers ConfigMaps Secrets Management Sealed Secrets External Secrets

Networking & Service Mesh

Istio Linkerd Envoy Ingress Gateway API Traefik cert-manager CoreDNS Cilium

GitOps & Observability

ArgoCD Flux Prometheus Grafana Loki OpenTelemetry Jaeger Thanos kube-state-metrics

Tell us which skills are essential and which can be learned on the job. We match the search to your responsibilities, then your team evaluates the shortlist.

4.2 daysAverage contract to first interview
250+Engineers in our network
94%12-month engineer retention
$3.5MAnnual hiring costs saved vs. US hiring

Odesa company-reported figures across engagements. Interview timing is an average; availability and your hiring process determine the start date.

Client relationships

People who become part of the team.

HeyGen
“We started seeing strong engineer profiles from Odesa within days, and the process from tech interview to onboarding was smooth and straightforward. The remote team Val built for us now feels like part of our in-house team and has contributed to multiple product rollouts over the past year.”
David Steffes
Head of Talent, HeyGen
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JumpSeed
“Val came through for us big time. He provided us with top-tier engineers very quickly.”
Joe McNab · VP of Technology, JumpSeed
CertaPet
“We were impressed with their cost, speed, and having a US-based interface.”
Erik Rivera · Founder & CEO, CertaPet

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From brief to working together

A clear path to your next teammate.

  1. Define the role

    Share your stack, delivery goals, budget and working-hour needs.

  2. Meet the shortlist

    Review relevant project experience and conduct your role-specific interviews.

  3. Agree the engagement

    Confirm the rate, hours, start date and trial terms before work begins.

  4. Work with support

    Your team directs delivery. Odesa remains your point of contact for the engagement.

Engagement options

Choose how your next specialist joins.

Staff augmentation

From $45/hr

Add a remote specialist from Latin America or Europe to your team. You direct the priorities, tools and delivery.

  • Month-to-month engagement
  • Two-week trial under agreed terms
  • Working-hour overlap confirmed upfront
Discuss staff augmentation

Direct recruitment

$7,999/successful hire

On-site, hybrid or remote. We coordinate sourcing and interviews; you hire the person directly.

  • One flat recruitment fee
  • 90-day replacement guarantee
  • Compensation is separate
Discuss a direct hire

Final rates depend on experience, responsibilities and availability. Your US agreement with Odesa.co defines trial, notice, billing and replacement terms. For a defined delivery project or release review, explore custom development or Human QA.

Cost comparison

Build your team.
Understand the budget.

Compare a local hire with a remote engineer working offshore. These presets are not live salary data, a quote or guaranteed savings.

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Your product context

Container engineering across product types

SaaS Platforms

Tenant boundaries, scaling policies and release workflows

Fintech

Network policies, access controls and workload isolation

AI/ML Infrastructure

GPU workloads, model serving and training pipelines

E-Commerce

Peak-traffic planning, canary releases and recovery testing

Healthtech

Workload isolation, data access boundaries and audit logging

Platform Engineering

Developer platforms, self-service environments and standard deployment paths

Before you decide

Questions about hiring
Kubernetes & Docker Engineers.

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Kubernetes staff augmentation starts at $45/hr on month-to-month terms. The final quote depends on experience, responsibilities and the agreed schedule. Direct recruitment is a separate $7,999 service per successful hire; engineer compensation is additional. Confirm scope and included services before hiring.

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A personal conversation

Tell Val about your next hire.

Share the role, your current stack and the work ahead. We’ll discuss the right experience, availability and next steps.