Principal Cloud Engineer - Remote US

As the Principal Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in leading the architecture, automation, and maintenance of our AWS cloud infrastructure. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our infrastructure scales efficiently, stays secure, and operates at peak performance. This role demands an expert in AWS services, infrastructure automation, and a deep understanding of cost optimization, security best practices, and disaster recovery strategies. Nice-to-Haves: Since 2015,Seamless.AIhas helped sales teams maximize revenue with the world’s first real-time B2B search engine. As one of Ohio’s fastest-growing companies, we’ve earned top industry accolades, including G2’s 2025 Best Software Products (#1 Highest Satisfaction Product), Purpose Jobs’ 2024 Best Places to Work, and LinkedIn’s Top 50 Tech Startups (2020, 2022, 2023). We are committed to a diverse, inclusive workplace and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or other protected statuses. Visa sponsorship is not available; applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. - Design, implement, and manage highly scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure. - Lead the automation of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies. - Ensure high availability and reliability of systems, implementing disaster recovery and failover strategies. - Collaborate with software development and data teams to optimize cloud architecture for large-scale data systems. - Implement and maintain security best practices, including monitoring, threat detection, and vulnerability mitigation. - Work on optimizing AWS costs while ensuring the infrastructure meets performance and scalability requirements. - Stay current with the latest cloud technologies, and continuously improve the cloud environment with new tools and services. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, promoting best practices in cloud operations and architecture. - Monitor and respond to infrastructure incidents, ensuring timely resolutions and minimal downtime. - Minimum of 7 years of experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure at scale. - Strong understanding of core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.) and expertise in designing and managing multi-region, scalable cloud architectures. - Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation - Proven track record of managing and optimizing cloud costs, using tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, or other cost-management platforms. - Experience scaling large data systems (including databases, data lakes, and big data platforms) across distributed cloud environments. - Expertise in disaster recovery planning, implementation, and management within a cloud infrastructure. - Solid understanding of cloud security, including IAM policies, encryption, network security, and proactive threat and vulnerability mitigation strategies. - Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK stack, Prometheus) to ensure infrastructure health and performance. - Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders, including non-technical team members. - AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Specialty). - Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation. - Experience in a startup or fast-growing technology company. - 7+ years experience designing, implementing, and securing enterprise AWS infrastructure and services. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent years of work experience.

Location: United States

Salary range [USD annually]: None - None