Cloud Platform Engineer

Here Is What You’ll Be Doing Day-To-Day:

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure AWS infrastructure.
• Database Optimization: Manage AWS RDS (PostgreSQL) performance, indexing, and schema changes to ensure efficiency.
• Backend Development: Build and maintain backend services using Python and Django for platform stability.
• CI/CD Automation: Implement and improve deployment pipelines (our repos are in BitBucket).
• System Monitoring & Logging: Enhance observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, or Grafana.
• Security & Compliance: Strengthen IAM policies, data encryption, and VPC security best practices.
• Performance Tuning: Optimize application and query performance to improve speed and reliability.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, data, and product teams to scale and refine the platform.

Here is what You’ll Need To Be Successful:

• AWS Expertise: Strong experience with AWS services like EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and IAM.
• Database Optimization: Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL performance tuning, indexing, and schema design.
• Backend Development: Experience in Python and Django to help build scalable, secure applications.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Experience automating deployments and managing infrastructure with tools like GitHub Actions or CircleCI.
• Monitoring & Security: Familiarity with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, IAM policies, and encryption best practices.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Hands-on experience with Docker or Kubernetes for scalable systems.
• Scalability & Performance: Ability to optimize queries, caching strategies, and system performance.
• Problem-Solving & Strategic Thinking: Strong analytical skills to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Collaboration & Communication: Ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and data teams.
• Autonomy & Leadership: Comfortable making technical decisions, mentoring others, and driving improvements independently.

The Interview Process:

• Your application will be reviewed for possible next steps by the Hiring Manager.
• If you meet eligibility requirements, the next step would be a phone call with a member of the PeopleOps team for about thirty (30) minutes.
• If warranted, the next step would be a video interview with our VP of Engineering for forty-five (45) minutes.
• If warranted, the next step would be a video panel interview with key stakeholders at PadSplit for one-and-a-half (1.5) hour.
• The panel interview will require a candidate to work on a technical assessment where you will showcase your engineering skills to the panel for discussion. 
• If warranted, the final step would be a video interview with our CTO for thirty (30) minutes.
• If warranted, then we move to offer!

Compensation, Benefits, and Perks:

• Fully remote position - we swear!
• Competitive compensation package including an equity incentive plan
• National medical, dental, and vision healthcare plans
• Company provided life insurance policy
• Optional accidental insurances, FSA, and DCFSA benefits
• Unlimited paid-time (PTO) policy with eleven (11) company-observed holidays
• 401(k) plan 
• Twelve (12) weeks of paid time off for both birth and non-birth parents
• The opportunity to do what you love at a company that is at the forefront of solving the affordable housing crisis