- Company Name
- Stratitech Services LLC
- Job Title
- Principal Cloud Platform Engineer (Serverless / AWS)
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Principal Cloud Platform Engineer (Serverless / AWS)
**Role Summary**
Lead design, development, and delivery of cloud‑native backend services on AWS serverless technologies. Own the full artefact lifecycle—architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations—while collaborating with product, mobile, web, hardware, and data teams to fuel high‑performance consumer and IoT experiences.
**Expectations**
- Provide technical leadership and direction for large‑scale cloud solutions.
- Own end‑to‑end delivery from concept to production, ensuring reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Champion modern DevOps practices (IaC, CI/CD, observability, automation).
- Communicate effectively across cross‑functional teams and influence architectural decisions.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Architect & engineer serverless backend services using AWS API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, IAM, CDK, and related services.
- Design end‑to‑end application flows for mobile, web, IoT, and data pipelines, including Kinesis streams.
- Define API contracts, asynchronous/distributed patterns, and data models.
- Implement, test, and deploy solutions with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune system performance, observability, and reliability.
- Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices, code quality, and operational excellence.
- Collaborate with product & design to translate user experience requirements into performant technical solutions.
- Evaluate and advocate for emerging cloud and data technologies (Kafka, Snowflake, etc.) as needed.
**Required Skills**
- 6+ years in Cloud Software Engineering or Backend Engineering.
- Proficient in Python and AWS serverless ecosystem (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, IAM, CDK).
- Strong API design and asynchronous/distributed systems experience.
- Hands‑on data pipeline and cloud‑native streaming tools (e.g., Kinesis).
- Deep knowledge of observability, tracing, monitoring, and performance tuning.
- Experience with IaC (AWS CDK, CloudFormation), CI/CD, Git workflows, and automated testing.
- Excellent written & verbal communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
**Preferred Skills**
- TypeScript/JavaScript; front‑end frameworks (React, React‑Native).
- Familiarity with Kafka, Snowflake, or equivalent streaming/warehouse solutions.
- Mobile app development (React Native, native modules, Bluetooth LE, websockets).
- RBAC design, compliance/security standards (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, CPRA).
- CI/CD toolsets (GitHub Actions, build systems).
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional) or equivalent cloud architecture certification is preferred.
San francisco bay, United states
On site
Senior
18-11-2025