Senior Principal Cloud Architecture Engineer
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Cloud Architecture Engineer at EVERFI, focusing on reliability, scalability, and security of PaaS systems. Collaborating with the broader engineering organization to drive strategic evolution.
Responsibilities:
- Shape and execute the multi-year cloud architecture strategy for EVERFI's platform, aligning infrastructure direction with business growth, product roadmap, and organizational scalability goals
- Lead enterprise-wide architecture reviews and establish cloud governance standards, guardrails, and best practices adopted across all engineering teams
- Identify and evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML infrastructure, FinOps, platform engineering tooling) and make forward-looking recommendations to VP and CTO leadership
- Serve as a technical decision-maker and escalation point for complex, cross-functional cloud architecture challenges
- Drive the evolution of EVERFI's platform from reactive infrastructure management to proactive, resilience-first platform engineering
- Design, build, maintain, and monitor internal PaaS systems in the cloud at enterprise scale — with a focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency
- Lead the implementation of geographically redundant, multi-region, and highly available architectures capable of supporting EVERFI's growth trajectory
- Architect and oversee the full lifecycle of cloud deployment tooling, ensuring CI/CD systems are continuously optimized for speed, safety, and developer experience
- Design reliable, interoperable components and utility libraries that underpin EVERFI's applications across engineering teams
- Architect and own a comprehensive metrics, monitoring, and observability system enabling full-stack visibility, proactive incident response, and SLA enforcement
- Ensure all cloud environments are designed and administered in accordance with company security guidelines, SOC 2 compliance requirements, FERPA, and applicable data privacy regulations
- Architect zero-trust networking, identity and access management (IAM), and data encryption frameworks across EVERFI's cloud environments
- Partner with Security and Legal teams to lead cloud risk assessments and drive remediation of architectural vulnerabilities at the platform level
- Act as a senior technical advisor to Engineering, Product, and Executive leadership on all cloud infrastructure decisions — translating complex technical tradeoffs into clear business impact
- Champion engineering culture: establish and promote best practices for reliability, performance, and operational excellence across all teams consuming cloud infrastructure
- Build training programs, playbooks, and knowledge resources that upskill engineering teams on cloud operations, architecture patterns, and performance optimization
- Represent the Cloud Architecture function in cross-functional planning, capacity modeling, and strategic workforce design discussions
- Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and career development support to Principal, Staff, and Senior Engineers on the Cloud Architecture team and adjacent teams
- Participate in hiring, technical interviews, and calibration discussions as needed
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide emergency incident support as needed, modeling expected standards of operational excellence for the team
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience required; Master's degree strongly preferred
- 10+ years of progressive professional experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems architecture
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience operating at the Principal or Staff Engineer level, with demonstrated ownership of enterprise-wide architectural decisions
- Proven track record of leading large-scale cloud transformations, platform modernizations, or migrations in high-growth SaaS environments
- Experience in EdTech, FinTech, or compliance-heavy industries strongly preferred
- Certifications (Preferred): AWS Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent Azure/GCP professional-level certification), AWS Security Specialty or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent
Benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(K) with matching contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
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