cloud engineer.
We're looking for a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. You'll work closely with engineering and product teams to drive reliability, performance and security across our cloud environment, with Python as the primary automation and scripting language.
function
Engineering / infrastructure
type
Full-time / contract
level
Mid to senior (3-7+ yrs)
primary stack
AWS, python, cloud infra
what you'll do.
Four buckets of ownership, from infrastructure design through the on-call rotation
01
Cloud Infrastructure
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Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK)
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Architect and maintain cloud-native solutions including compute (EC2, ECS, Lambda), storage (S3, RDS, DynamoDB), and networking (VPC, Route 53, CloudFront)
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Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support continuous deployment across cloud environments
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Implement auto-scaling strategies and cost optimization practices to improve efficiency
02
Security & Reliability
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Apply AWS security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, KMS encryption, and secrets management
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Implement observability solutions using CloudWatch, Datadog, or equivalent monitoring and alerting stacks
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Define and enforce SLAs, SLOs, and incident response runbooks
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Conduct cloud infrastructure audits and drive compliance with security frameworks (SOC 2, CIS Benchmarks)
03
Automation & Scripting
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Write Python scripts and tools to automate infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and incident response
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Develop internal tooling and CLI utilities to reduce operational toil for engineering teams
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Maintain and improve configuration management and deployment automation workflows
04
Collaboration
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Partner with software engineers to design cloud-friendly application architectures
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Participate in on-call rotations and support incident resolution
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Document infrastructure patterns, runbooks, and architectural decisions
what we're looking for.
the bonus list makes you stand out
Required
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3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch minimum)
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Strong Python development skills, including scripting, automation, and SDK usage (boto3)
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Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
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Solid understanding of networking concepts: DNS, load balancing, VPNs, subnetting
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Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS or Kubernetes)
✓
Experience with Linux systems administration in a cloud environment
Nice to have
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AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer or equivalent)
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Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations and landing zone architectures
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Exposure to serverless patterns (Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions)
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Familiarity with data pipeline infrastructure (Glue, Redshift, Kinesis)
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Experience with GitOps workflows and tools like ArgoCD or Flux
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Background in FinOps or cloud cost management practices
tech stack snapshot.
a quick scan of everything you'll touch day to day
cloud platform
EC2
S3
Lambda
RDS
VPC
IAM
CloudFront
CloudWatch
languages
Python
Bash
infrastructure as code
Terraform
CloudFormation
AWS CDK
containers
Docker
ECS
Kubernetes (EKS)
ci/cd
GitHub Actions
CodePipeline
Jenkins
monitoring
CloudWatch
Datadog
PagerDuty
security
IAM
Secrets Manager
KMS
AWS Config
databases
RDS (Postgres/MySQL)
DynamoDB
ElastiCache
this role comes with a community, not just a paycheck.
You'll join a network of engineers who show up for each other: real meetups, honest conversations about the work, and people who'll be there when you're between roles. No recruiter spam, no radio silence. Just a group of developers building careers together, and a straight line to what's next when you need it.
91%
match rate
99.3%
trial success
7.6 days
avg. placement