Robotsandpencils
Senior Cloud Architect
US - Remote . Posted 5 days ago
The role
You will design and deliver cloud-native applications on AWS. You will build microservices, serverless functions, and integrate AI services while working on cross-functional teams.
What you will do
- Contribute to the design of cloud-native applications on AWS
- Build and deploy microservices and serverless functions
- Implement event-driven patterns and asynchronous messaging
- Design and implement APIs across protocols and gateways
- Support infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines
- Implement observability, scalability, and resilience practices
- Apply AWS Well-Architected practices
- Build and integrate AI and LLM services into cloud applications
- Collaborate with engineers, data, AI, and product teams
- Mentor junior engineers
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Hands-on experience designing cloud-native applications
- Working knowledge of a cloud platform and cloud-native application patterns
- Proficiency in at least one backend language
- Familiarity with another backend language (e.g., Python, TypeScript, Java, Go)
- Experience building microservices, serverless functions, and event-driven systems
- Familiarity with containers and orchestration
- Experience designing and consuming APIs across REST, GraphQL, or gRPC
- Working knowledge of infrastructure as code and CI/CD
- Familiarity with observability, scalability, and resilience practices
- Understanding of cloud security, identity, and access management fundamentals
- Experience integrating AI or LLM services into applications
Nice to have
- AWS preferred
- CMS integration specialist experienced in localized site builds and content migration, with hands-on exposure to SurfOS
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
Before you apply
- Offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check
About the company
Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. They design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations.