Senior Cloud Architect — Lead Modernization & Platform Reliability

Initio Capital LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital in New York is seeking senior Principal Cloud Architects for opportunities with partner employers. The role focuses on designing and delivering reliable software systems for growing technology companies, with emphasis on ownership and executive communication.

Candidates will guide cloud architecture, translate business goals into engineering plans, mentor teams, and drive reliability and security while balancing cost and performance in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Track record of shipping and operating complex software in a senior role.
• Experience across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from problem definition through production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Guide cloud architecture, modernization, reliability, cost, and security decisions.
• Own architecture for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

System design

Technical judgment

Written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

US work authorization

Job description

Initio Capital in New York is seeking senior Principal Cloud Architects for opportunities with partner employers. The role focuses on designing and delivering reliable software systems for growing technology companies, with emphasis on ownership and executive communication.

Candidates will guide cloud architecture, translate business goals into engineering plans, mentor teams, and drive reliability and security while balancing cost and performance in a fast-moving environment.