Senior Central Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Metropolis Technologies; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Stock option plan

Bonus plans

Job summary

Metropolis Technologies in Seattle is looking for a Senior Central Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to architect, scale, and maintain cloud infrastructures. This role involves driving modernization initiatives and providing technical guidance to the engineering team.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and automation tools, with a strong collaborative mindset. The compensation ranges from $170,000 to $225,000 annually, along with comprehensive benefits and an office-first model requiring on-site presence four days a week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in high-growth cloud environments.
• Deep production experience with AWS and automation languages.
• Hands-on expertise with a modern observability stack.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain secure cloud infrastructure across products.
• Design infrastructure modernization initiatives (CI/CD, IaC).
• Ensure cloud environments meet security guidelines and compliance.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

Linux

Windows

Datadog

Kafka

Education

BS in Computer Science or relevant discipline

Tools

AWS MSK

Infisical

Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Job description

Who We Are

The real world is the next frontier, and at Metropolis, we are creating the artificial intelligence to make it responsive. We are pioneering the Recognition Economy — a future where mundane repetition disappears and being known unlocks access, comfort and belonging everywhere you go. From transforming parking into a seamless drive‑in, drive‑out experience for millions of Members to expanding our intelligence layer across retail and hospitality, we are building a world that feels instinctive and magical. The future isn’t coming; it’s here, and we need builders, innovators and problem solvers to help us create it.

Who You Are

Metropolis is seeking a Senior Central Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to serve as a principal contributor to our central cloud platform infrastructure. In this role, you will architect, scale, and maintain highly resilient environments across multiple products while driving infrastructure modernization and legacy system integrations. The ideal candidate combines deep technical mastery of modern cloud‑native systems with a strong collaborative mindset to interface across engineering teams, troubleshoot complex environments, and provide technical guidance to scale the team’s overall competency.

What You'll Do

• Architect, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure environments across multiple company products
• Design and manage infrastructure modernization initiatives (CI/CD, IaC, K8s, AI, etc) and lead the complex integration of legacy or established systems into modern, cloud‑native environments
• Craft comprehensive disaster recovery strategies and engineer production‑grade technical solutions to safeguard system uptime
• Serve as a technical focal point for troubleshooting, system deep‑dives, and resolving infrastructure bottlenecks across both Linux and Windows operating systems
• Ensure global cloud environments continuously meet and exceed stringent security guidelines and technical compliance frameworks, specifically PCI and SOC2
• Lead incident response and root‑cause analysis, and champion blameless postmortems and error‑budget discipline across the team
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior and mid‑level engineers, helping to scale the infrastructure team’s overall technical competency

What We're Looking For

• Hold a BS degree in Computer Science (or a relevant technical/engineering discipline) and 5+ years of hands‑on experience, or equivalent professional experience (8+ years) working in high‑growth cloud environments
• Demonstrate deep production‑level technical experience using AWS, Terraform, Atmos, and Python (or equivalent automation language - Bash/Go)
• Demonstrate hands‑on expertise with a modern observability stack (Datadog or equivalent: APM/distributed tracing, logs, metrics, RUM), including defining SLOs/SLIs and managing monitors‑as‑code
• Leverage production experience with service mesh and L7 proxies (Envoy/Istio) and Kubernetes ingress in high‑throughput request paths
• Utilize advanced operational knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, Helm, and overall container orchestration
• Apply strong secrets‑management and rotation practices (Infisical, Vault, or AWS Secrets Manager) in a PCI/SOC2 context
• Showcase hands‑on experience working with managed streaming data infrastructure via AWS MSK (Kafka) alongside various SQL and NoSQL AWS managed database solutions, including Amazon Aurora
• Maintain a strong understanding of cloud networking architecture, security protocols, and firewalls
• Exhibit expert competency managing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux (and Windows where applicable) server environments
• Use excellent written and verbal communication skills to translate complex infrastructure concepts into clear, actionable technical documentation

Wild Card (Bonus)

• Possess previous experience working inside innovative, high‑growth tech start‑ups or fast‑paced corporate engineering environments

4 Days in Office

Metropolis values in‑person collaboration to drive innovation, strengthen culture, and enhance the Member experience. Our corporate team members hold to our office‑first model, which requires employees to be on‑site at least four days a week, fostering organic interactions that spark creativity and connection.

Compensation & Benefits

The anticipated base salary for this position is $170,000.00 USD to $225,000.00 USD annually. The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and/or place of employment. Base salary is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Metropolis Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We make all hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.