Remote Technical Lead — Cloud Platform & Reliability

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote within USA

Mentoring and growth

Impact across thousands of customers

Diverse cloud environments

Job summary

Ladders seeks a Software Engineering Technical Leader to guide the technical direction of a large-scale configuration platform supporting production environments across multiple cloud providers. You will lead architecture decisions, drive reliability improvements, and influence engineering standards for delivery, resilience, and operational excellence.

This role involves mentoring engineers, steering major technical initiatives, and reducing operational burden through thoughtful design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years.
• Fluency in Go and/or Python for building and operating large-scale production systems.
• Experience designing resilient, scalable distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or GovCloud.
• Proficiency with configuration and infrastructure as code tools like Puppet, Terraform, or Ansible at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to lead major technical initiatives and influence engineering direction beyond immediate teams.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and technology investments for the configuration platform to set long-term technical direction.
• Lead high-impact projects focused on configuration delivery, disaster recovery, and platform reliability.
• Establish code quality and system design standards to enhance operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and design feedback to support their professional growth.
• Own production reliability during major incidents and design systems to reduce operational burden.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Ladders seeks a Software Engineering Technical Leader to guide the technical direction of a large-scale configuration platform supporting production environments across multiple cloud providers. You will lead architecture decisions, drive reliability improvements, and influence engineering standards for delivery, resilience, and operational excellence.

This role involves mentoring engineers, steering major technical initiatives, and reducing operational burden through thoughtful design.