Cloud Platform Engineer / Mid Level / Remote
Why This Role Stands Out
You'll thrive as a Cloud Platform Engineer in this fully remote role, driving the modernization of a global SaaS platform using AWS, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code. This position offers significant growth potential and the chance to make a real impact on a critical production environment, perfect for engineers passionate about building and improving scalable cloud solutions. Join a collaborative team where you'll have meaningful ownership and contribute to cutting-edge DevOps practices.
Quick Overview
Job Description
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building and improving cloud platforms rather than simply maintaining them. You'll have the opportunity to work on a long-term cloud modernization initiative, partner closely with software engineering teams, and help drive scalability, reliability, and operational excellence across a critical production environment. The team is small, collaborative, and gives engineers meaningful ownership over platform decisions and improvements.
Required Skills & Experience
- 3-5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering
- Strong hands-on AWS experience
- Experience supporting Kubernetes/EKS environments in production
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or similar tools
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with Docker and containerized applications
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
- Strong troubleshooting skills within production environments
- Experience improving platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
- Experience with GitOps practices and ArgoCD
- Experience with GitHub Actions
- TypeScript experience
- Experience supporting SaaS platforms
- Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering principles
Tech Breakdown
- 40% AWS & Cloud Infrastructure
- 25% Kubernetes & Containers
- 20% Infrastructure as Code & Automation
- 15% CI/CD, Monitoring & Observability
- 80% Hands On
- 20% Team Collaboration
- Bonus eligible
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Vacation Time
- Stock Options
Skills
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