Staff Cloud Architect for AI-Driven Delivery Velocity

The Washington Post; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Digital subscription

Job summary

The Washington Post is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead Cloud Architecture & Automation within the Arc XP velocity team. You will own AWS-based architecture, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and AI-enabled delivery, shaping how content is built and distributed.

You will drive cost efficiency, security, and reliability while enabling rapid developer velocity across multiple squads, balancing edge workloads and AI inference with strong governance and observability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing scalable distributed systems.
• Expertise in AWS and CI/CD with IaC.
• Experience integrating AI in production and multi-tenant SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Own AWS architecture and automation across CI/CD and IaC.
• Design self-service build, deploy, and scale capabilities.
• Define AI-native patterns for secure, scalable delivery.

Skills

Distributed systems

AWS expertise

Python

Node.js

Go/Java

Identity protocols

API design

AI-native platforms

Developer platforms

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/related field

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

GitHub Copilot

Job description

The Washington Post is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead Cloud Architecture & Automation within the Arc XP velocity team. You will own AWS-based architecture, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and AI-enabled delivery, shaping how content is built and distributed.

You will drive cost efficiency, security, and reliability while enabling rapid developer velocity across multiple squads, balancing edge workloads and AI inference with strong governance and observability.