Lead Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer:
A leading enterprise organization is looking to add a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer to its Platform Engineering team. This role will focus on building scalable self-service platforms, automating cloud operations, and improving the developer experience across a large engineering organization. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to design cloud-native solutions, reduce operational friction, and establish secure, reliable infrastructure patterns that can be leveraged company-wide.
This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on platform strategy, architecture, and cloud adoption initiatives while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence across the organization. If you are interested in this Lead Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer opportunity, please apply now.
Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering experience in large-scale distributed environments
Experience designing and supporting cloud-native, microservices-based architectures
3+ years of experience developing and operating production services using Python, Java, or similar programming languages
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, APIs, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, including Terraform
Experience implementing and improving CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Experience building self-service automation and platform capabilities that improve developer productivity
Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, resiliency, and operational best practices
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions and mentor engineers
Desired Skills & Experience
Experience leading architecture and solution design for greenfield and brownfield initiatives
Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, or similar DevOps tooling
Experience building internal developer platforms and cloud automation frameworks
Experience implementing secrets management and secure cloud deployment practices
Familiarity with React, FastAPI, or similar modern application frameworks
AWS Solutions Architect Certification or comparable cloud certification
Passion for mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices across teams
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chicago, IL
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Ansibleunmatched
Application Frameworkunmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Automationunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Brownfield Redevelopmentunmatched
Business Operationsunmatched
Cloud Architectureunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Engineeringunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
GitHubunmatched
Infrastructure Softwareunmatched
Javaunmatched
Jenkinsunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Microservicesunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Operational Improvementunmatched
Product Engineeringunmatched
Productivity Managementunmatched
Programming Languagesunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
React.jsunmatched
Scalable System Developmentunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
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