Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS & Quantum Entropy Platform

Medium; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Health coverage

401(k) match

In-office lunch

Job summary

Qrypt is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own the infrastructure and services behind our cloud offerings. You will build and run our AWS environment with Terraform, develop cloud services that deliver quantum entropy and keys, and lead deploying the cloud interface into customers' environments.

This hands-on role spans infrastructure and application, requiring experience with Rust or systems languages, Kubernetes, monitoring, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years in cloud/platform engineering with end-to-end ownership of a production cloud.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience and expertise with Terraform as code.
• Ability to build backend/cloud services (Rust preferred; C++, Python acceptable).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling and running production services.
• Experience deploying software into varied customer environments (containers/Kubernetes, portable IaC).
• Fluency with AI/agent-assisted development workflows and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve AWS infrastructure as code with Terraform including environments, networking, security, and deployment pipelines.
• Design and build cloud services in Rust (and C++/Python) delivering quantum entropy and keys.
• Lead deployment of Qrypt’s cloud interface into customer environments with portable deployment patterns.
• Stand up monitoring, alerting, and observability to catch issues early.
• Improve reliability, security, and cost of the cloud platform at scale.
• Collaborate with engineering/product to plan the cloud roadmap and translate gaps into work.
• Contribute to on-call and operational readiness for the services you build.

Skills

AWS experience

Terraform

Rust

Python

C++

Monitoring

Kubernetes

Communication

Education

Bachelors in CS or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Qrypt is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own the infrastructure and services behind our cloud offerings. You will build and run our AWS environment with Terraform, develop cloud services that deliver quantum entropy and keys, and lead deploying the cloud interface into customers' environments.

This hands-on role spans infrastructure and application, requiring experience with Rust or systems languages, Kubernetes, monitoring, and cost optimization.