Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

. Lead software projects end-to-end — from scoping and architecture through delivery, iteration, and long-term ownership .

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesTerraform

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead software projects end-to-end — from scoping and architecture through delivery, iteration, and long-term ownership
Architect and build a next-generation internal platform that gives engineering teams a powerful foundation to innovate quickly
Deliver cutting-edge solutions leveraging containerization, virtualization, and a broad suite of AWS services
Author, extend, and improve Terraform modules that power infrastructure-as-code across Slack
Design and implement an in-house system to deploy, manage, and scale applications for service owners
Partner directly with development teams to identify performance bottlenecks and drive cloud efficiency improvements
Build strong, trusted relationships with service owners — serving as a go-to advisor on cloud architecture and best practices
Champion a culture of platform efficiency by sharing knowledge, writing runbooks, and leading internal enablement sessions
Mentor and grow junior engineers, scaling the impact of the team through thoughtful technical leadership
Make a measurable financial impact — driving millions of dollars in cloud cost savings annually
Participate in on-call rotation and collaborate with our operations team to triage and resolve production incidents with urgency and precision
Build observability and introspection tooling that gives engineers deep, real-time visibility into system health and bottlenecks

What you’ll need

7+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering or a closely related discipline, working in a collaborative team environment
Genuine curiosity about how cloud infrastructure works — and a passion for sharing that knowledge with your team
Proven ability to analyze, optimize, and improve reliability in high-traffic, production internet applications
A strong mentoring instinct and commitment to engineering excellence: you lead by example in code reviews, testing, design docs, and debugging
Deep, hands-on AWS experience — broad familiarity across many services with deep expertise in at least a few
Demonstrated experience deploying cloud applications and managing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
Strong ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues across infrastructure, applications, and distributed systems
A track record of professional software development you're proud of — you can point to real-world systems you've built, scaled, and improved
Experience working with Kubernetes (K8s)

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud engineeringinfrastructure-as-codeTerraformAWSKubernetescontainerizationvirtualizationperformance optimizationdebuggingsoftware development

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationcommunicationleadershipproblem-solvingcuriositytrust-buildingtechnical leadershipknowledge sharingteamwork