Architect

Summary

Join Caylent, a cloud native services company, as an exceptional Architect to contribute to our growing Cloud Architecture & Engineering team. Work alongside engineers, managers, and project managers to deliver AWS solutions to diverse customers. Guide Cayliens and customers through Agile ceremonies, translate customer requirements into actionable tickets, and delegate tasks to engineering teams. Lead requirements gathering, backlog grooming, and architecture discussions, applying your DevOps expertise. Write high-quality code, document designs, and mentor less experienced teammates. This role requires strong cloud architecture expertise and experience with AWS Serverless environments and IaC.

Requirements

• Confidently addresses client questions and identifies gaps in requirements with proposed next steps
• Focus on delivering clear, actionable solutions that meet client goals
• Facilitates alignment across stakeholders or technical priorities and deliverables
• Navigates differing perspectives with professionalism to ensure shared understanding and progress
• Breaks down complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences in a clear, concise manner
• Adapts communication style based on audience and context to improve clarity and decision-making
• 3+ years experience as an architect
• Strong expertise developing applications in Serverless Frameworks, API Gateway, S3, SNS, SQS, CloudFront, Lambda
• Hands-on experience in AWS Serverless environments
• Experience in implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) in AWS
• Proficient in scripting (JavaScript, TypeScript preferred)
• Advanced DevOps automation expertise (containerization, API management, multi-cloud solutions)

Responsibilities

• You will be a mission control specialist, guiding Cayliens and Customers alike through Agile ceremonies like stand-ups, retrospectives, and more
• You will translate customer requirements and into a workable backlog of tickets for engineers
• Delegate tickets to a team of engineers in order to complete customer projects
• Lead requirements gathering, backlog grooming, and architecture discussions
• Apply your understanding of DevOps pipelines, including build automation, branching strategies, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, security, monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Write production quality code, including unit and integration tests
• Clearly communicate and document your designs, processes, and procedures
• You will demonstrate a passion to Stay Curious as you mentor peers, tackle new technologies, and learn from our word-class team of engineers
• Coach and mentor less experienced teammates, coach and be mentored by world class engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in: migrations, CI/CD, scripting, containers, cloud security, networking
• Familiarity with IaC tools: Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi
• Experience working in client-facing, agile, and consultancy/advisory settings

Benefits

• Pay in USD
• 100% remote work
• Generous holidays and flexible PTO
• Competitive phantom equity
• Paid for exams and certifications
• Peer bonus awards
• State of the art laptop and tools
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Individual professional development plan
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture