Cloud Platform Engineer

We’re partnering with a high-growth technology company building software that supports critical infrastructure and complex real-time operations at national scale. Backed by leading venture capital investors, they’re tackling some of the most challenging distributed systems and cloud engineering problems in the industry.

As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and operating cloud infrastructure that powers production systems relied upon in 24/7 operational environments. This is a highly hands-on opportunity for engineers who enjoy owning infrastructure, improving reliability, and working directly with production systems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure in production environments
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes-based platforms and containerized services
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using tools such as Terraform and Helm
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines to support safe, frequent deployments
• Enhance system observability through monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and improve overall platform resilience
• Automate operational processes and reduce manual overhead
• Partner closely with software engineers to deploy and support mission-critical applications
• Contribute to architecture discussions and long-term platform strategy

• Experience building and operating cloud infrastructure in production
• Strong AWS experience preferred (GCP or Azure also considered)
• Hands-on Kubernetes expertise
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, or similar IaC tools
• CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation experience
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalability
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
• Background supporting highly available systems in 24/7 environments
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, * Experience with regulated cloud environments
• Exposure to progressive deployment strategies (canary releases, blue/green deployments)
• Experience supporting high-availability platforms with stringent uptime requirements
• Familiarity with AI-powered developer tools and modern engineering workflows

• Work on large-scale, real-world infrastructure challenges
• Direct impact on systems used in critical operational environments
• Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and strong benefits
• Join a collaborative engineering team solving technically complex problems with modern cloud technologies, In addition to base pay, direct-hire employees may be eligible for client offered benefits such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, and paid leave where required by applicable law. Eligibility may vary based on factors such as location and hire date and is subject to change.