Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS)
Role Overview
This senior role involves hands-on ownership of AWS infrastructure, including architecture, security, CI/CD, and observability, to stabilize and evolve the cloud platform. You'll work closely with engineering and product teams, leading incident response and mentoring peers in a remote-first environment.
Perks & Benefits
Fully remote work with a US-based team, comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) match, and PTO starting at 15 days. The culture emphasizes low-ego collaboration, fast feedback loops, and startup-like iteration, with provided equipment like a MacBook Pro.
Full Job Description
Headquarters: Jacksonville, FL URL: https://breezy.hr/
Location: Remote (US)Team: Engineering " Platform/Infrastructure About Breezy HR Breezy HR is a remote-first, hiring platform built for small and mid-sized businesses. Thousands of teams trust us to streamline recruiting from first touch to signed offer, and we re passionate about delivering a fast, delightful experience for every candidate and every hiring manager. Why we re hiring We need a senior hands-on owner to stabilize, secure, and evolve our cloud platform. You ll be a primary decision-maker for AWS architecture, reliability, CI/CD, observability, and cost posture, partnering closely with the directors, developers, product, and customer success teams. What you ll own (hands-on + strategic)
AWS architecture & operations: Own production infrastructure end-to-end (networking, compute, storage, IAM, routing, scaling, backups, DR). IaC & environments: Standardize and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or AWS CDK); codify dev/stage/prod with repeatable patterns and least-privilege IAM. CI/CD: Keep deployments fast and safe (build, test, deploy, rollback); drive progressive delivery where it makes sense. Observability & incident response: Ensure logs/metrics/traces + actionable dashboards; lead incident command and postmortems. Security & compliance: Own cloud security baselines and support SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR needs. Cost & performance: Right-size infra, track spend, and implement guardrails to prevent regressions. Technical leadership: Document the platform, unblock developers, mentor peers, and cultivate cross-training so nothing is a single point of failure. On-call: Alternate with others on the infra on-call rotation and train others as needed.
Our stack
Backend: Node.js microservices Data: MongoDB (self-hosted) and Redis Hosting/Orchestration: AWS IaC: Terraform and/or AWS CDK Tooling: Git-based CI/CD; common observability suites
What you ve done
7+ years building and running production systems on AWS (VPC, EC2, ELB/ALB, S3, CloudFront, Route53, RDS/ElastiCache, IAM, CloudWatch, SNS/SQS, etc.). 5+ years Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CDK) and environment automation. Proven CI/CD ownership for multi-service SaaS, including safe rollbacks and release hygiene. Solid security fundamentals (least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, secrets, TLS) and familiarity with SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR expectations. Observability end-to-end (logs/metrics/traces), incident leadership, and postmortem practice. Proficient coding in JavaScript/Node.js (enough to contribute to internal tools, CLIs, or platform services). Clear, pragmatic communicator who documents decisions and trade-offs.
Nice-to-haves
Background with MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch Prior team leadership
How we work
Senior, low-ego, remote-first team. We value fast feedback loops, little yellow/red tape, ability to iterate at startup-like pace
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance 401(k) with company match PTO: 15 days in year 1, 21 days in year 2 MacBook Pro + the gear you need Fully remote
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/breezy-hr-senior-cloud-platform-engineer-aws
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