Cloud Engineer

Chess.com; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Chess.com is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to support its globally distributed, high-traffic platform by blending site reliability engineering with cloud infrastructure management. You will design resilient architectures, automate deployments, and optimize costs across multiple regions.

Responsibilities include leading Kubernetes workloads, implementing Terraform-based infrastructure as code, building GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD, and improving observability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years managing large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems in production.
• Expert-level Kubernetes skills including deployment, management, and advanced patterns.
• Strong Terraform experience for infrastructure as code in production environments.
• Proficiency in Golang with ability to optimize high-performance services.
• Experience with major clouds (GCP, AWS) and cost optimization strategies.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools, Linux system administration, and CI/CD with GitOps.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps tools.
• Lead performance improvements by analyzing Golang and TypeScript codebases for scale.
• Design multi-regional, resilient systems and manage a large Kubernetes footprint in datacenters and cloud regions.
• Run incident response and drive operational excellence for critical infrastructure issues.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitOps approaches using ArgoCD.
• Improve observability with modern monitoring stacks and ensure reliability targets are met.

Skills

Golang

TypeScript

Cloud-native systems

Site Reliability Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitOps (ArgoCD)

ArgoCD

CI/CD

Observability

Linux administration

Job description

About the role

The Cloud Engineer role supports Chess.com's globally distributed, high traffic platform by combining site reliability engineering with cloud infrastructure management. It owns architecture, automation, and performance optimization across multi-regional systems to ensure reliability and scalable feature delivery.

What you'll do

• Architect and optimize cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps tools.
• Lead performance improvements by analyzing Golang and TypeScript codebases for scale.
• Design multi-regional, resilient systems and manage a large Kubernetes footprint in datacenters and cloud regions.
• Run incident response and drive operational excellence for critical infrastructure issues.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitOps approaches using ArgoCD.
• Improve observability with modern monitoring stacks and ensure reliability targets are met.

What they're looking for

• 7+ years managing large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems in production.
• Expert-level Kubernetes skills including deployment, management, and advanced patterns.
• Strong Terraform experience for infrastructure as code in production environments.
• Proficiency in Golang with ability to optimize high-performance services.
• Experience with major clouds (GCP, AWS) and cost optimization strategies.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools, Linux system administration, and CI/CD with GitOps.

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states 100% remote and worldwide eligibility; Nigeria is not excluded by location in the text.
• The listing does not specify a timezone requirement; confirm before interviewing.
• The listing does not specify contractor versus employee status; confirm during interview.
• Pay currency or range is not stated; confirm compensation details during process.