Senior Cloud Architect
Robots and Pencils12 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Contribute to architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems and own meaningful system components.
- Build and integrate cloud-native microservices, serverless, and containerized workloads using platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Implement infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and GitHub Actions.
- Design and contribute to data pipelines, warehouses, and modeling solutions.
- Support model serving, MLOps pipelines, and LLM-based capability integrations.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and observability across deployed systems.
- Collaborate with engineering, data, AI, and product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Document architecture, participate in design reviews, contribute to standards, and begin mentoring junior engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with exposure to architectural decision-making.
- Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, and cloud-native architectures.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one additional language such as Java, Scala, or TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, data pipelines, and ETL/ELT concepts.
- Familiarity with AI/ML system design, model deployment, MLOps, and LLM integration.
- Understanding of microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures.
- Awareness of security, compliance, and observability fundamentals, including GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC2.
- Demonstrable use of AI-forward tools such as Claude and Cursor, along with strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Benefits
- $53–$73 USD per hour.
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Applicants must be located in Canada or the United States; applications from outside those countries will not be considered.
- Employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check.
Tech Stack
Apache AirflowAWSAzuredbtDockerGitHub ActionsGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaKubernetesMLflowMongoDBPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonScalaSnowflakeTerraformTypeScript
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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.