Senior Software Engineer – Cloud

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Washington.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the architecture, development, and management of scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant cloud services.

• Propel technical design and architectural choices for distributed systems.

• Lead intricate initiatives from conception through deployment and continuous optimization.

• Construct and scale cloud infrastructure utilizing Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes.

• Enhance cloud security and compliance practices through secure design, IAM controls, and encryption.

• Boost system observability and operational excellence with monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies.

• Advance DevOps maturity by refining CI/CD pipelines and deployment methodologies.

• Partner with engineering, product, and security teams to tackle complex system-level challenges.

• Mentor and direct engineers in technical guidance, code reviews, and skill enhancement.

• Assess and integrate technologies to enhance performance, scalability, and developer efficiency.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 6–8+ years of software engineering experience, primarily focusing on cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.

• Capacity to independently design, build, and manage production-grade systems at scale.

• Strong expertise in Go, Python, or similar languages, with experience in building distributed services.

• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm).

• Extensive experience with AWS services (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, IAM), including the design and operation of systems in production.

• Proven ownership of systems, including on-call duties, incident response, and long-term reliability enhancements.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities and skill in navigating ambiguous, complex technical challenges.

• Strong communication skills with the capability to influence technical decisions across teams.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Preferred: expertise in cloud security best practices, including identity management, encryption, and compliance frameworks.

• Preferred: experience in designing and scaling high-availability distributed systems with automated failover and self-healing functionalities.

• Preferred: strong understanding of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

• Preferred: experience with event-driven architectures and microservices.

• Preferred: familiarity with HashiCorp ecosystem tools (Vault, Consul, Packer).

• Preferred: involvement in or defining engineering standards, patterns, or platform strategy.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits.

• Flexible PTO.

• Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire.

• All Federal Holidays (US Only).

• 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time.

• Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan eligibility for non-commissioned positions.

• FSA and Dependent Care Accounts.

• EAP, where applicable.

• Educational Reimbursement.

• 401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable.

• Pet Insurance (US Only).

• Parental Leave (US Only).

• Hybrid and Remote Work Model.