We are a high-growth company that is looking for teammates who want to be key contributors to changing the way businesses are run. This is an incredible opportunity to complete work that is disrupting industries. Be a part of scaling a business by increasing the number of devices, events, applications, services, and traffic that result in measurable success for our customers. We have the best and brightest minds in AI, IoT, Cloud and Mobile who have built leading companies in those spaces (Microsoft, Amazon Alexa, SmartThings, Samsung).
We are looking for a Staff Cloud Engineer who wants to join us in a fast paced setting to build next generation cloud and applications that leverage all the latest capabilities of AWS, Kafka, DevOps, cloud native, containers, AI and ML. Our tech stack is built for high scale with ability to connect many devices and services while being able to process tens of millions events a day. As a member of the team you will play an integral role in shaping the architecture and features required to enhance our cloud platform.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud services
- Participate in code reviews and other technical discussions to maintain high-quality code and infrastructure
- Work with cloud developers, product managers and designers to guide and make technical decisions throughout the development process
- Mentor other developers and contractors throughout the development lifecycle
- Prototype unproven concepts to inform final implementations
- Stay on top of cloud trends and topics
- Automate everything possible; leverage CI/CD to automate repeatable tasks and quality checks
- Manage and support engineering teams' software release processes
- Build the tools, processes, and support for teams to be able to self-manage in an owner-operator model
- Manage Infrastructure as Code
Skills and Expertise
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years experience in a high level programming language (TypeScript, Python, Go, etc.)
- Deep knowledge of building and managing web services using REST
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
- Passionate for continuous learning and understanding things in and around cloud development
- Experience leading teams or projects
- Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
- Experience building event driven architectures using Kafka
- Experience with high availability deployment across multiple regions and availability zones
- Experience with observability tools such as DataDog, SumoLogic, and/or CloudWatch
- Deep experience with Git
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, collaborative, and iterative development environment
- Ability to lead and define cloud initiatives with other engineers
- Experience working with a highly reactive platform
- Experience with establishing, promoting, and ensuring best practices in Cloud code bases including common architectures and standardized unit/integration testing
- Experience building reusable libraries, SDKs, and shared components used by many applications.
Bonus
- Previous startup experience
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with AI, ML, or AR
- Experience working with multiple AWS accounts
- Experience with Docker container development and hosting
- Experience with growing large teams and understanding the issues that arise with growth
- Experience with Serverless architectures
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