Staff Cloud Architect – Delivery

Role Overview

• Build, lead, and manage a strong team of Cloud Architects/FDEs that help customers design, deploy, and optimize production-grade cloud workloads on AWS, Google Cloud, and/or Azure.
• Ensure your team serves as the primary technical delivery partner for customers, with a focus on CloudOps/FinOps, reliability, security, and performance.
• Act as an escalation point for complex cloud topics and ensure high-quality, well-explained resolutions.
• Drive your team to plan and deliver structured engagements such as cost optimization workshops, architecture deep dives, security/reliability reviews, and product adoption sessions.
• Shift your team's model from reactive to proactive by driving signal-based outreach (usage, health, roadmap gaps, known risks).
• Embed FDEs into account teams and ensure they participate in defined account activities
• TKOs, quarterly reviews, objective setting, and customer syncs.
• Coach your team to become experts in DCI
• Cloud Analytics, Insights, Cloud Composer, CloudFlow, DataHub, and Enterprise Platforms such as PerfectScale and SELECT and use these tools hands-on with customers.
• Foster a builder culture: expect every FDE to turn one-off customer solutions into reusable patterns
• playbooks, Terraform modules, CloudFlow templates, Composer Recipes, and internal docs or build products alongside our R&D team.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to team members, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Mentor and coach FDEs, providing regular feedback and performance evaluations to drive career development and growth.
• Drive team engagement, define clear role expectations, and align individual growth plans with the FDE career ladder.
• Lead the OKR process for the team, including setting, tracking, and ensuring alignment with broader company objectives.

Requirements

• 10+ year of experience architecting, developing, and troubleshooting internet-scale, production-grade distributed systems
• 5+ year of experience in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services and/or Google Cloud with the focus on selecting appropriate tools to tackle the business problem at the right scale
• Proven people leadership experience
• Experience with container technologies, e.g. Kubernetes
• Experience with networking, e.g. TCP/IP, routing, network topologies, and VPN
• Experience with Linux operating systems administration and internals such as filesystems, system calls.
• Great verbal and written communication skills, as well as presentation skills in English.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• TCP/IP
• Terraform

Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation
• Flexible Working Options
• Health Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Option Plan
• Home Office Allowance
• Professional Development Stipend
• Peer Recognition Program