Staff Cloud Engineer

Grindr

Staff Cloud Engineer at Grindr shaping cloud infrastructure using AWS and Kubernetes to support millions of users globally. Collaborating with engineering teams to establish standards and drive improvements.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $134,443 - $179,257 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerEC2KafkaKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect, document, and evolve Grindr’s cloud infrastructure platform across AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform — establishing the standards and patterns engineering teams build on
Design and implement scalable infrastructure solutions that improve developer velocity, platform reliability, and operational efficiency across multiple AWS environments
Lead capacity planning and performance optimization for high-volume, globally distributed systems running on EKS
Drive infrastructure automation initiatives across provisioning, deployments, observability, security, and platform operations
Partner closely with product engineering teams to design infrastructure patterns for new microservices and platform capabilities
Contribute to cloud architecture decisions, infrastructure best practices, and operational readiness initiatives across the engineering organization
Mentor engineers on infrastructure design, Kubernetes adoption, and cloud-native development practices
Evaluate and integrate emerging AI-driven infrastructure tooling and operational workflows into the platform engineering ecosystem

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years focused on cloud infrastructure in production environments
Deep AWS expertise across services such as EKS, EC2, IAM, RDS, ElastiCache, Route53, Kafka/MSK, and VPC networking
Strong hands-on experience operating Kubernetes platforms in production at scale
5+ years working with infrastructure tooling including Terraform, Helm, Docker, CI/CD systems, and GitOps-style workflows
Experience designing and operating distributed systems with strong understanding of scalability, resiliency, and infrastructure performance characteristics
Proven ability to establish infrastructure standards and drive adoption across engineering organizations
Strong infrastructure automation mindset with experience reducing operational overhead through tooling and platform improvements
Actively integrates AI tools into engineering workflows for automation, observability, operational analysis, or developer productivity

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
Gender-Affirming Care: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
Time Off & Rest: Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructureAWSKubernetesTerraforminfrastructure automationdistributed systemsscalabilityresiliencyperformance optimizationAI-driven infrastructure

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationleadershipcommunicationcapacity planningproblem-solvingstandardizationadoption drivingoperational efficiencydeveloper velocity