Senior Cloud Architect – Platform Engineer
Texas, United States of America
Full Time
5 hours ago
$125,000 - $145,000 USD
No Visa Sponsorship
Key skills
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaKubernetesMicroservicesPrometheusPythonRustTerraformGoPulumiServerlessEKS
About this role
Role Overview
- Define how our distributed systems evolve with AWS architecture
- Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) with Terraform or Pulumi
- Bake security into infrastructure with automated guardrails
- Experiment with cloud-native patterns like Serverless and Kubernetes
- Mentor senior talent and establish definitions of excellence in engineering
Requirements
- 8+ years of high-stakes engineering
- 5+ years of deep-water AWS mastery
- Expert-level knowledge of the AWS stack (Compute, Networking, Global Transit, Storage)
- High proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust
- Mastery of Kubernetes (EKS)
- Passion for Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb) and high-availability design
- AWS Professional certifications (Architect or DevOps) preferred
- Experience migrating legacy monoliths into sleek, event-driven microservices
Tech Stack
- AWS
- Cloud
- Distributed Systems
- Grafana
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Prometheus
- Python
- Rust
- Terraform
- Go
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) with generous employer match
- Paid time off, including 10 paid holidays
- Optional health savings account & flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement