Staff Cloud Engineer - Contract

24 days ago

Chicago, IL, USA or Scottsdale, AZ, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

Build technical strategy and lead architecture, design, prototyping, implementation, testing, and production delivery for complex solutions.
Lead infrastructure-as-code projects, design APIs, and build tools that enable reliable and repeatable cloud deployments.
Create abstractions over AWS, Kubernetes, open-source technologies, and internal infrastructure to provide intuitive and predictable developer experiences.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure problems across multiple stack layers and teams.
Design cloud infrastructure for robustness, security, observability, scalability, and long-term system health.
Plan and execute technical backlogs, guide functional teams, and represent engineering in cross-functional discussions.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, support, operations, and engineering teams to build features and resolve production issues.
Develop and scale CI/CD and workflow pipelines and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
Support risk management and protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or relevant qualifying experience.
Eight or more years of relevant experience, including seven or more years developing distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, or microservices.
Two or more years developing front-end solutions and familiarity with modern frameworks such as Angular or React.
Six or more years working with Java and Spring, with proficiency in Maven or Gradle.
Hands-on experience with Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, Terraform, Ansible, and cloud deployment pipelines.
Experience with scalable cloud or datacenter systems, AWS services, networking, DNS, HTTP, TLS, load balancing, Linux, monitoring, alerting, and notifications.
Experience designing and developing scalable systems, delivering business-critical systems, and building CI/CD and workflow pipelines.
Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks such as Pub/Sub, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
Working experience with Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Azure and knowledge of secure coding, testing, software development lifecycle practices, and DevOps practices.
Preferred qualifications include an MS or PhD, JavaScript and scripting frameworks, AppDynamics, C#, Ruby, Python, PHP, payments knowledge, FinTech experience, Kubernetes experience, and AWS or Azure certification.
Must complete a background and drug screen and be able to perform the physical and communication requirements of the role.

Contract position with a hybrid work model for positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York.
The position is ineligible for employment visa sponsorship.
Normal office environment with primarily sedentary computer work and occasional standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, and lifting up to 10 pounds.

1,001-5,000 employees