Cloud Engineer (Fully Remote)

Knack; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Knack, a fully remote AI-powered no-code platform, seeks a Cloud Engineer to own and evolve infrastructure across global regions. You will harden systems to SOC 2/HIPAA standards and support AI capabilities behind the platform.

This role includes a weekly 24/7 on-call rotation, run AWS infrastructure as code with Terraform in a GitOps workflow, and collaborate with security leads to implement encryption, IAM controls, and compliance support.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering with 2+ years in AWS production environments.
• Deep AWS knowledge across compute, networking, and security services, and strong Terraform understanding.
• Daily practical use of AI tools like Claude, with judgment to critically review AI-generated scripts and infrastructure changes.

Responsibilities

• Run AWS infrastructure as code with AI in the loop, using Terraform and a pull-request-based GitOps workflow.
• Implement security controls with the security lead, including encryption, IAM permissions, and compliance support.
• Keep systems patched, manage databases, and automate recurring tasks.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

SRE/DevOps

Tools

GitOps

IAM

Security tooling

Job description

• As a Cloud Engineer at Knack, you will own and evolve infrastructure across multiple global regions and private environments.
• You will harden the infrastructure to meet SOC 2, HIPAA, and customer security requirements and build the infrastructure behind AI capabilities.
• This role includes a weekly 24/7 on-call rotation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Run AWS infrastructure as code with AI in the loop, using Terraform and a pull-request-based GitOps workflow.
• Implement security controls with the security lead, including encryption, IAM permissions, and compliance support.
• Keep systems patched, manage databases, and automate recurring tasks.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering with 2+ years in AWS production environments.
• Deep AWS knowledge across compute, networking, and security services, and strong Terraform understanding.
• Daily practical use of AI tools like Claude, with judgment to critically review AI-generated scripts and infrastructure changes.

Knack is an AI-powered no-code software development platform enabling organizations to manage, analyze, and share business data. Founded in 2010, it has powered 400,000 apps for over 15,000 customers and is delivered by a fully remote team committed to trust, continuous improvement, and measurable impact.