Cloud Platform Engineer (Control Plane)

TL;DR

Cloud Platform Engineer (Control Plane): Designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, highly available, and secure cloud infrastructure with an accent on AWS services, containerization, and infrastructure automation. Focus on enhancing DevX, implementing robust security practices, and ensuring the reliability of large-scale public and internal APIs.

Location: Remote (Global)

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing, innovative cloud company recognized on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, leading the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and secure cloud-based infrastructure in AWS (EKS, SQS, DocumentDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Lambdas).
• Automate the provisioning of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
• Define and implement strategies for load balancing, auto-scaling, disaster recovery, and failover for cloud environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration, scalability, and security of cloud environments.
• Enhance DevX and help with instrumentation of cloud monitoring and alerting solutions.
• Work with the security team to implement security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), network security, encryption, and compliance controls.

Requirements

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering or related roles.
• Strong proficiency in Kubernetes, SQS, RDBMS, and Node.js.
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture, networking, and security.
• Proven experience designing and operating large-scale public and internal APIs.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with frontend frameworks (React).
• Experience with hirify.global.
• Previous experience in developing analytics or data-intensive applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, globally distributed, and remote-friendly work environment operating in 20 countries.
• Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company (stock options) for every new team member.
• Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlement in other countries.
• $500 Home office setup for remote employees.
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.