Staff Cloud Engineer - Contract
Core
Lead infrastructure-as-code projects, design APIs and tools for reliable cloud deployments, and architect robust, secure, and observable distributed systems.
Role type
Staff Cloud Engineer (Infrastructure & Platform)
Builds
Production-grade cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and scalable distributed systems for financial services.
Domain
FinTech / Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible), AWS cloud services, Kubernetes orchestration, Java/Spring, Docker, CI/CD pipeline design, Event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ), Linux networking, Scalable system design
Preferred skills
FinTech domain knowledge, Real-time payment networks (RTP, FedNow), ACH/EFT, Cloud certifications, Python/JavaScript scripting, AppDynamics monitoring
Technologies
Terraform, Ansible, AWS (EC2, IAM, ELB, Route53, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, DynamoDB), Kubernetes (EKS, TKGi), Docker, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Angular/React, Maven/Gradle, AppDynamics
Responsibilities
Design and implement infrastructure-as-code projects and abstractions for cloud providers; Troubleshoot complex multi-layer infrastructure problems; Lead technical strategy and architecture for broad functional areas; Collaborate with product and engineering teams to build new features; Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes; Ensure system health, security, and observability.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership