Cloud Engineer

HFF; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 49,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

HFF in Duluth, MN is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build internal tooling and scalable Terraform services that boost developer productivity. You will translate fuzzy product wishes into shippable infrastructure and tune queries so the MN database remains responsive.

We are a small, opinionated Duluth startup that values candor, teamwork, and growth. Start strong at $49,000–$75,000, with mentoring and flexible benefits as you grow with the company.

Qualifications

• Must be able to ship under deadline pressure.
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information.
• Ability to juggle priorities when multiple tasks claim top priority.
• Approximately 1+ years in a Cloud Engineer role.

Responsibilities

• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity.
• Translate fuzzy product wishes into shippable Terraform services.
• Tune queries to prevent DB timeouts under load.
• Stand up observability so issues are detected early in MN.

Skills

Deadline-driven

Professionalism

Discretion

Prioritization

Tools

Terraform

AWS Lambda

Observability

CI pipelines

Job description

HFF keeps a small, opinionated engineering team in Duluth, and the next opinion we need belongs to a Cloud Engineer. Bring the candor-rich energy and 1 years; HFF brings $49,000 - $75,000, a Duluth base, and room to grow into more.

Key Responsibilities

• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from HFF stakeholders into shippable Terraform services
• Tune Communication queries until the MN database stops timing out under load
• Stand up observability so HFF sees failures before customers in MN do
• Keep HFF's AWS Lambda CI under ten minutes so Duluth, MN engineers stay in flow

What You'll Bring

• Track record that proves you can heads-down-and-happy ship under deadline pressure
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• Roughly 1+ years operating in a similar Cloud Engineer position

For all its innovative ambition, HFF still operates like the scrappy Duluth startup that first cracked technology years ago. We look out for one another, and burnout is treated as a problem to solve, not a badge to wear.

Start strong at $49,000 - $75,000, grow with a mentor, settle into benefits, and enjoy flexibility that finally fits Duluth.

As of today's date, this Cloud Engineer req has not been filled.