Cloud Platform Architect & Engineering Manager

Flosum; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Flosum is seeking a technical architect to drive development velocity for a 10–15 engineer team building cloud-native applications. This hybrid role blends hands-on technical leadership with people management and strategic direction.

You will lead architecture, performance, and scalability for a Node.js platform on AWS, while ensuring portability to GCP, Azure, and other clouds. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with leadership, and balance delivery with health and developer experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, performance, and scalability of the Node.js platform on AWS.
• Mentor senior engineers and partner with product and engineering leadership.
• Own the technical direction of the platform and ensure portability to multi-cloud environments.
• Manage a team of 10–15 developers, set goals, run 1:1s, and grow careers.

Skills

8+ years software

3+ years leading teams

AWS distributed systems

Node.js platform engineering

Platform-agnostic design

Performance & scalability

Engineering leadership

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Flosum is seeking a technical architect to drive development velocity for a 10–15 engineer team building cloud-native applications. This hybrid role blends hands-on technical leadership with people management and strategic direction.

You will lead architecture, performance, and scalability for a Node.js platform on AWS, while ensuring portability to GCP, Azure, and other clouds. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with leadership, and balance delivery with health and developer experience.