Lead Cloud Engineer

We're looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Engineer to lead our Cloud work across our AWS infrastructure.

This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our end-to-end applications across web, mobile, cloud, and data that support our customer experiences.

In this role, you'll work with a cross functional group of engineers, guide architectural decisions, and help scale products that are critical to our success and growth.

What You'll Do: * Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers building web and mobile applications, cloud backends, and data pipelines.

* Lead end-to-end technical delivery-from architecture and design to implementation, testing, deployment, and operations * Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver intuitive and performant user experiences.

* Champion modern software development practices, including CI/CD, IaC, observability, and test automation.

* Ensure the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our systems.

* Promote a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications: * 6+ years as a cloud (services) engineer / backend engineer * Strong API design experience, and an understanding of building asynchronous systems and error handling.

* Hands-on experience with AWS (AWS IoT is a plus) * Familiarity with data pipelines and cloud-native data streaming and processing tools, such as Kinesis * Strong background in Python * Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably with serverless architectures and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g.

API Gateway, Lambdas, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, and CDK). * Passion for building reliable systems with deep knowledge of observability, tracing, and system performance.

* Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Skills: * TypeScript and modern JavaScript development.

* Data streaming and warehousing technologies like Kafka and Snowflake.

* Mobile application development, including React Native, native modules, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), deep linking, and websockets.

* Access control systems, such as designing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for internal and external applications.

* Experience with version control, CI/CD, and build systems (e.g., GitHub Actions). * Familiarity with compliance and security standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and CPRA.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $205k to $257k, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant.

A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs.