Cloud Software Architect Jobs

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including: workload migrations & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first.

We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!

The Mission

We are seeking a talented Cloud Software Architect to join our growing Cloud Native Applications team. The right candidate is someone who has a deep understanding of building applications in the cloud and utilizing cloud native services to make applications more reliable and scalable. This person would also have a general understanding of industry best practices used for building applications. Your mission will be to work with a team of developers to ensure we are delivering high quality applications and services to our customers.

Your Assignment

• You will translate customer requirements and into a workable backlog of tickets for engineers
• Coach and mentor less experienced teammates, coach and be mentored by world class engineers
• You will demonstrate a passion to Stay Curious as you mentor peers, tackle new technologies, and learn from our word-class team of engineers
• Work with a team to deliver top-quality cloud native applications on AWS for customers
• Write production quality code, including unit and integration tests.
• Clearly communicate and document your designs, processes, and procedures.
• Automate software testing at multiple levels (component, configuration item, subsystem, system) and monitor results
• Apply your understanding of DevOps pipelines, including build automation, branching strategies, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, security, monitoring, logging, and alerting
• You will be a mission control specialist, guiding Cayliens and Customers alike through Agile ceremonies like stand-ups, retrospectives, and more
• Delegate tickets to a team of engineers in order to complete customer projects
• Lead requirements gathering, backlog grooming, and architecture discussions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in customer dev, test, and production environments

Your Qualifications

• Development experience on a major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Demonstrated experience in API integrations across applications, vendors, networks, and cloud environments.
• Experience with modern server-side scripting languages such as python, node.js, php, ruby, etc.
• Expertise in underlying web technologies like HTML and CSS, and experience developing with a framework like React, Vue, Angular, MVC .Net, etc.
• Proven ability to learn new technology quickly and effectively.
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Understanding of modern application architectures (event based systems, message queues, microservices, etc)
• Strong background in established engineering practices
• 5+ years of proven experience in software development, cloud systems, scalable architectures.
• Ability to lead a work stream, contributing individually while you help to organize others on the team
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Experience configuring AWS resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with UI/UX
• BS in a computing-related field, or commensurate experience.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tooling (SAM, Cloudformation, Terraform, etc)
• Experience with testing and automation

Benefits

• Paid for exams and certifications
• 100% remote work
• 4% Pension match (employer contribution)
• Individual professional development plan
• Sick Leave
• Parental Leave
• Equitable Life - Hybrid Plan
• Competitive phantom equity
• Paid Holidays
• Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture
• Unlimited Vacations
• State of the art laptop and tools
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Long-Term Disability
• 100% Premium Coverage for the employee and dependents
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Peer bonus awards

The base salary range for this position is CAD 135,000 - CAD 166,500. If you are hired at Caylent, your base salary is determined on factors such as skills, experience, geographic location, and other market conditions. While it's not typical for offers to be made at the top of the range, please keep in mind that the base salary range is only one component of your overall compensation. Additionally, you are eligible for the benefits, bonuses, and incentives as listed above in the job description!

Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].