Contractor Senior Cloud Engineer

About the Role:We are seeking an experienced engineer proficient in cloud and distributed systems for a contract role. This fast-paced, dynamic position involves managing cloud infrastructure using cutting-edge technologies. Engineers are involved in architectural decisions and see the impact of their work across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and document software.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to discover, refine, and communicate requirements.
• Iteratively improve product quality and usability.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Experience building, maintaining, and optimizing cloud systems (e.g., AWS).
• Experience evaluating and identifying optimal cloud solutions.
• Experience architecting cloud solutions, modifying, and improving existing systems.
• Cloud deployment, migration, and monitoring experience.
• Programming experience in TypeScript/Python.
• Experience leading production-quality software projects.
• Demonstrates thoughtful consideration of engineering tradeoffs to meet business timelines.
• Kubernetes operational experience (e.g., AWS EKS Fargate).
• AWS experience with Application Load Balancer, RDS/PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, CodePipeline/CodeBuild, IAM, and CloudFormation.
• gRPC and envoy-based service mesh experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified AWS Solution Architect.
• DevOps experience.
• Infrastructure as Code experience (preferably AWS CDK or Terraform).

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