BrightAI is hiring a
Staff Cloud Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Staff Cloud Engineer to join a high-growth company and build next-generation cloud services using AWS, Kafka, DevOps, etc. The employee will design scalable and secure cloud services, participate in code reviews, mentor other developers, automate tasks, manage software release processes, and more.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years experience in a high level programming language (TypeScript, Python, Go, etc.)
• Deep knowledge of building and managing web services using REST
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Experience leading teams or projects
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Experience building event driven architectures using Kafka
• Experience with high availability deployment across multiple regions and availability zones
• Experience with observability tools such as DataDog, SumoLogic, and/or CloudWatch
• Deep experience with Git
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, collaborative, and iterative development environment
• Ability to lead and define cloud initiatives with other engineers
• Experience working with a highly reactive platform
• Experience with establishing, promoting, and ensuring best practices in Cloud code bases including common architectures and standardized unit/integration testing
• Experience building reusable libraries, SDKs, and shared components used by many applications

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud services
• Participate in code reviews and other technical discussions to maintain high-quality code and infrastructure
• Work with cloud developers, product managers and designers to guide and make technical decisions throughout the development process
• Mentor other developers and contractors throughout the development lifecycle
• Prototype unproven concepts to inform final implementations
• Stay on top of cloud trends and topics
• Automate everything possible; leverage CI/CD to automate repeatable tasks and quality checks
• Manage and support engineering teams' software release processes
• Build the tools, processes, and support for teams to be able to self-manage in an owner-operator model
• Manage Infrastructure as Code

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous startup experience
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with AI, ML, or AR
• Experience working with multiple AWS accounts
• Experience with Docker container development and hosting
• Experience with growing large teams and understanding the issues that arise with growth
• Experience with Serverless architectures