Senior Cloud Architect
Robots and Pencils2 days ago
Base Salary
$110k - $151k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design cloud-native applications on AWS, including service boundaries, API contracts, and data flows.
- Build and deploy microservices and serverless functions using containers and managed compute.
- Implement event-driven patterns and asynchronous messaging between services.
- Design and implement APIs across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and API gateways.
- Support infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines for repeatable, safe deployments.
- Implement observability, scalability, resilience, security, reliability, and cost-management practices.
- Build and integrate AI and LLM services, including RAG and inference workflows, into cloud applications.
- Use AI tools such as Claude and Cursor in day-to-day development.
- Collaborate with engineering, data, AI, and product teams to translate requirements into application architecture.
- Document architecture and APIs, participate in design and code reviews, and communicate technical tradeoffs.
- Own system components end-to-end, contribute to architectural standards, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on cloud-native application design.
- Working knowledge of a cloud platform and cloud-native application patterns, with AWS preferred.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language and familiarity with another, such as Python, TypeScript, Java, or Go.
- Experience building microservices, serverless functions, and event-driven systems.
- Familiarity with containers and orchestration.
- Experience designing and consuming REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs and working with API gateways.
- Working knowledge of infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
- Familiarity with observability, scalability, and resilience practices in cloud applications.
- Understanding of cloud security, identity, and access management fundamentals.
- Experience integrating AI or LLM services into applications, including RAG or inference patterns.
- Demonstrable day-to-day use of AI tools such as Claude and Cursor.
- Strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and the ability to navigate ambiguous technical challenges.
- Experience as a CMS integration specialist with localized site builds, content migration, and SurfOS is a helpful extra.
Benefits
- US-remote work arrangement.
- Salary range of $110,000 to $151,000 USD.
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check.
About Robots and Pencils
Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm that designs, builds, and runs production AI systems and agentic co-workers for enterprise operations, with a focus on AWS. The privately held company, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, provides consulting and implementation services spanning data readiness, cloud modernization, and AI enablement. It is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with delivery teams across the U.S., Canada, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.