Senior Cloud Architect - AWS, AI-Driven Microservices Remote

robotsandpencils; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior Cloud Application Architect to design and deliver cloud-native applications on AWS, balancing hands-on development with architectural ownership. You will decompose systems into well-bounded services, shape serverless and container deployments, and ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions in production.

You will collaborate across engineering, data, AI, and product teams to translate requirements into sound architectures, implement infrastructure as

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud-native design.
• Hands-on experience building microservices and serverless apps.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python, TypeScript, Java, Go).
• Experience with AWS and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of cloud-native applications on AWS, defining service boundaries, API contracts, and data flows.
• Build and deploy microservices and serverless functions using containers and managed compute.
• Implement event-driven patterns and asynchronous messaging between services.
• Design and implement APIs across protocols and gateways.
• Support infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines that make deployments repeatable and safe.
• Implement observability, scalability, and resilience practices so applications stay healthy under load.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected practices for security, reliability, and cost across the services you build.
• Build and integrate AI and LLM services into cloud applications, including RAG and inference workflows.
• Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude and other AI assistants to ship higher-quality work.

Job description

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior Cloud Application Architect to design and deliver cloud-native applications on AWS, balancing hands-on development with architectural ownership. You will decompose systems into well-bounded services, shape serverless and container deployments, and ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions in production.

You will collaborate across engineering, data, AI, and product teams to translate requirements into sound architectures, implement infrastructure as