Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Platform (DevEx & AI Platform Automation)

ARCHER

Jersey City (NJ)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 250,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Health Care Coverage

On-Site Wellness Center

Retirement Savings Plan

Backup Childcare

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

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Commission-Based Pay

Cash Incentive

Forfeitable Equity

Job summary

ARCHER is seeking a senior- level engineer to lead the technical direction, design, and development of secure, scalable cloud platforms and developer tools. You will enhance CI/CD, self-service workflows, observability, and the developer experience while standardizing AI coding tools.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of hands-on software engineering, strong cloud infra and container skills (AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes), and experience with IaC and AI-assisted coding workflows.

Qualifications

10+ years of applied software engineering experience.
Hands-on with a major cloud provider and cloud infrastructure.
Experience with IaC and monitoring; AI-assisted coding workflows preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical direction, design, and development of secure, scalable cloud platforms.
Advance AI-assisted engineering and platform automation through tool standardization.
Collaborate on AI agents and Model Context Protocol integrations.

Skills

Cloud Platform Engineering

DevEx

CI/CD

Security

Python

AI-Assisted Development

AI Agents

Prompt Engineering

Education

Master's degree in CS/SE

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Crossplane

Job description

Lead the technical direction, design, and development of secure, scalable cloud platforms and developer tools, improving CI/CD, self-service workflows, observability, and developer experience. Advance AI-assisted engineering and platform automation by standardizing AI coding tools and contributing to AI agents and Model Context Protocol integrations.

Requirements

Requires 10 or more years of applied software engineering experience, hands-on experience with a major cloud provider, and strong skills in cloud infrastructure, containers, DevEx, CI/CD, security, and Go or Python. Candidates should also have experience with infrastructure-as-code and monitoring tools, plus demonstrated proficiency in AI-assisted coding workflows; a related master's degree and relevant certifications are preferred.

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