As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will build a Kubernetes-based data pipeline, develop deployment methods for self-hosted customers, automate infrastructure with IAC tools, and implement SRE best practices to enhance platform reliability. You'll collaborate with the team to improve product features and assist customers during deployment.
CloudQuery is a growing Series A startup in the data space and the creator of the open-source, high-performance ELT framework powered by Apache Arrow. CloudQuery enables data movement for SREs, platform teams and security teams in Fortune 500 companies.
We're looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our core team. In this role, you will focus on building a Kubernetes-based data pipeline product that customers can self-deploy into their own cloud environments, working within a product-driven team to streamline deployments, optimize infrastructure as code, and elevate our platform's reliability
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the engineering team, CEO, and Product team to design and implement new features to our self-hosted and hosted cloud governance products.
- Develop and maintain deployment processes that enable customers to self-host our product on Kubernetes clusters, or us to manage it for them.
- Build, automate, and manage infrastructure with CloudFormation, Terraform, and other IAC tools.
- Lead features end-to-end from RFC → Implementation → Testing → Documentation → Release.
- Implement SRE best practices, focusing on automation, monitoring, and resilience to ensure the scalability and reliability of our platform, regardless of where it is deployed.
- Contribute to our managed services and help optimize deployment for both self-hosted and managed environments.
- Work directly with customers to iron out issues during deployment, and use this feedback to improve the product.
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on backend infrastructure and orchestration.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes (K8s) deployments and containerization.
- Hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools like CloudFormation and Terraform.
- Solid understanding of cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure) and managing infrastructure within these environments.
- Experience implementing SRE best practices, with a focus on automation, monitoring, and incident management.
- Strong written and spoken English to produce clear, detailed documentation.
- Familiarity with Go is a plus.
- Remote-first company with flexible working arrangements.
- Competitive salary with substantial equity upside.
- A collaborative, remote-friendly culture with regular team events to stay connected.
- High-impact role with ample opportunities for career growth.
Top Skills
Go
Kubernetes
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