AWS Engineer

Innovatelab; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real mentorship

Benefits package

Job summary

InnovateLab in Frankfort, Kentucky, seeks an AWS Engineer for a temporarily engaged role to scale infrastructure from thousands to millions of users. You will own critical subsystems (RabbitMQ), drive infrastructure performance, and document systems to speed onboarding.

The position emphasizes accountability, mentorship, and a data-driven culture, with a flexible rhythm suitable for a temporary engagement in a close-knit team.

Qualifications

• Growth mindset and openness to feedback.
• Flexibility to adapt approach as needs evolve.
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and standards.
• Real Google Cloud Platform chops; Consul curiosity to grow further.
• Hands-on command of Consul; AWS ECS as a close second.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level initiatives.
• Own the RabbitMQ subsystem relied on by the team.
• Land networking performance wins measurable in KY retention.
• Document the Vault system for faster onboarding.
• Advocate testing, security, and observability best practices.
• Build Packer dashboards to reduce questions about metrics.
• Keep Terraform CI under ten minutes to maintain flow for Frankfort engineers.
• Review PRs and uphold engineering standards.

Skills

Growth mindset

Adaptability

Cloud engineering

GCP expertise

Consul

AWS ECS

Tools

RabbitMQ

Packer

Terraform

Vault

Job description

The AWS Engineer we hire will help scale our infrastructure from thousands to millions of concurrent users. This is a temporary opportunity built for someone who wants to own outcomes, sharpen Accountability, and grow with a tight-knit team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives
• Own the candidly-kind RabbitMQ subsystem that the rest of InnovateLab quietly depends on
• Land Networking performance wins InnovateLab can measure in KY retention numbers
• Document the Vault system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Build Packer dashboards so InnovateLab's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
• Keep InnovateLab's Terraform CI under ten minutes so Frankfort, KY engineers stay in flow
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team

What You'll Bring

• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards
• Real Google Cloud Platform chops, plus the Consul curiosity to keep growing
• Comfort with temporary arrangements and the rhythms of a data-driven workplace
• Hands-on command of Consul, with Amazon ECS as a close second

InnovateLab blends Critical Thinking and Google Cloud Platform into technology products that feel, in the steady-handed words of its Frankfort, KY founders, inevitable. Our team in KY keeps a running list of what we'd do differently, and we actually act on it.

Step into $75,000 - $106,000, real mentorship, a benefits package that delivers, and the kind of flexible temporary rhythm people rarely leave.

Re-confirmed open this morning, the mid-level seat at InnovateLab stays available.

We built this technology team on people who said yes, so say yes and apply.