Senior/Principal Cloud Engineer

A fast-growing VC-funded startup developing an online community where members can request and fund short-term assistance is looking for a Senior/Principal Cloud Engineer. The selected candidate will be tasked with resolving complex development-related issues. The US-based company is providing an alternative to short-term loans that are non-predatory, simple, and community-driven. So far, they have managed to successfully raise $12mn+ in funding. This position requires some overlap with the PST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze the developer metrics and reduce performance bottlenecks in the development lifecycle, driving automation and continuous delivery
• Monitor the company’s transformation from monolith to microservices infrastructure
• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure tools used by the engineering teams
• Own all the stages of the development lifecycle, from conception to release to maintenance
• Identify key opportunities for the company to leverage and accelerate the business
• Evaluate and document web architecture, tools, and processes, strengthening the company’s efficacy

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3-5+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer 
• Extensive experience in AWS, Networking, Building environments, and Kubernetes
• Passionate about solving hard problems and building an exceptional product
• Solid understanding of Site Reliability Engineering, with the ability to guide others to a more observable system
• Demonstrable experience building release engineering tools and practices to ensure low MTTR
• Prior experience facilitating build vs buy conversations and getting the correct outcome for the business at the time of the decision
• Comprehensive understanding of large-scale distributed systems, including multi-tier architectures, application security, monitoring, and storage systems
• Demonstrable experience building on AWS products and infrastructure
• Nice to have experience building a service mesh from the ground up, including service proxies
• Experience in Golang code, testing, and production aspects is preferred
• Kubernetes microservices and networking experience is a plus
• Familiarity with AWS RDS, Aurora, and Postgres database administration is a bonus 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills