Senior Cloud Architect: AI-Driven Cloud & Data Leader

Worky; United States; On-site; USD 73,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is hiring a Senior Cloud Architect to design and deliver complex multi-domain systems spanning cloud, data, and AI. This role blends hands-on development with architectural ownership on cross-functional teams, focusing on scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, and data/ML tooling.

You’ll collaborate with senior architects, engineers, and product partners to ship production‑ready AI-driven solutions in fast, iterative cycles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with exposure to architectural decision-making
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Proficiency in Python and at least one other language commonly used in modern stacks (e.g., Java, Scala, TypeScript)
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions)
• Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, plus data pipelines and ETL/ELT concepts (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Airflow, dbt)
• Familiarity with AI/ML system design, including model deployment, MLOps, and LLM integration (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, MLflow, Hugging Face)
• Understanding of microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures
• Awareness of security, compliance, and observability fundamentals (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguous technical challenges
• Demonstrable usage of AI-forward tools such as Claude and Cursor

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems, taking ownership of meaningful components
• Build and integrate cloud-native solutions including microservices, serverless, and containerized workloads (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Implement infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions)
• Design and contribute to data architectures including pipelines, warehouses, and modeling (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Airflow, dbt)
• Support AI/ML system design, including model serving, MLOps pipelines, and integration of LLM-based capabilities (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, MLflow)
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability across deployed systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
• Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude, Cursor, and other modern AI assistants to ship higher-quality work at pace

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud architecture

Python

Team leadership

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Snowflake

BigQuery

Airflow

dbt

SageMaker

Vertex AI

MLflow

Hugging Face

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Claude

Cursor

Job description

Robots & Pencils is hiring a Senior Cloud Architect to design and deliver complex multi-domain systems spanning cloud, data, and AI. This role blends hands-on development with architectural ownership on cross-functional teams, focusing on scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, and data/ML tooling.

You’ll collaborate with senior architects, engineers, and product partners to ship production‑ready AI-driven solutions in fast, iterative cycles.