Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

Role Description

Signifyd is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer for its Cloud Platform Engineering group. Within our broader Engineering organization, this pivotal role will drive the design, implementation, and comprehensive management of our enterprise cloud infrastructure. You will provide technical leadership to a team of highly skilled engineers, automating and maintaining a vast computing environment that supports our core decision platform for customers ranging from emerging startups to large-scale enterprises processing millions of transactions. Thriving in an innovative culture of rapid iteration and continuous learning, you will partner closely with cross-functional engineering teams to resolve complex infrastructure challenges and ensure technical decisions align with strategic business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Pioneer AI-Driven Infrastructure
• Build the future:
  • Architect and integrate LLM-powered, agentic tools into our platform ecosystem.
  • Design self-healing infrastructure and automated root-cause analysis workflows to drastically reduce operational toil and accelerate incident resolution.
• Architect for Scale, Security, & Reliability
• Evolve the ecosystem:
  • Drive the strategic roadmap for our GCP and Kubernetes-based cloud capabilities, balancing direct developer feedback with emerging cloud technologies.
• Drive operational excellence:
  • Define, build, and maintain rigorous system Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and incident management processes.
  • Share ownership of platform health by participating in on-call rotations, using those frontline insights to continuously harden our systems.
• Embed security:
  • Design transparent platform security (access controls, encryption, vulnerability management) that keeps the platform secure without slowing down developer velocity.
• Optimize footprint:
  • Manage cloud capacity and FinOps proactively, offering efficient scaling solutions and cost transparency to engineering teams.
• Elevate Developer Experience (DevEx)
• Productize the platform:
  • Transform CI/CD (GitHub Actions, TeamCity), deployment (ArgoCD), and build tooling into a cohesive, self-service product that drives Change Failure Rates (CFR) to zero.
• Pave the golden path:
  • Embed platform standards directly into our tooling so that the "right way" is automatically the fastest and easiest way for our software engineers.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship
• Solve systemic problems:
  • Provide high-level, solutions-oriented support by troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues and delivering resilient, product-level fixes.
• Champion the culture:
  • Foster a customer-focused engineering environment.
  • Mentor junior team members and advocate for product-thinking and deep empathy for the developer experience.

Qualifications

• Deep proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is required; AWS experience is a strong plus.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud networking, protocols, and security best practices.
• Extensive expertise operating both self-managed and cloud-managed Kubernetes architectures at scale.
• Experience managing and scaling robust data storage and streaming technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka).
• Strong software development skills in high-level languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, TypeScript) combined with modern development practices.
• Proven ability to build secure, self-service infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and declarative CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, TeamCity).
• Proficiency using modern AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude).
• Experience designing scalable, OpenTelemetry-based monitoring and tracing frameworks.

Requirements

• Cloud Platform: Deep proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP); AWS experience is a strong plus.
• Kubernetes: Extensive expertise operating both self-managed and cloud-managed Kubernetes architectures at scale.
• Data Systems: Experience managing and scaling robust data storage and streaming technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka).
• Coding Proficiency: Strong software development skills in high-level languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, TypeScript).
• IaC & GitOps: Proven ability to build secure, self-service infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and declarative CI/CD pipelines.
• Observability & AI-Fluency: Proficiency using modern AI-assisted development tools and experience designing scalable monitoring frameworks.

Benefits

• Discretionary Time Off Policy (Unlimited!)
• 401K Match
• Stock Options
• Annual Performance Bonus or Commissions
• Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks)
• On-Demand Therapy for all employees & their dependents
• Dedicated learning budget through Learnerbly
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Company Social Events
• Signifyd Swag

Compensation

In the United States, each work location is assigned a specific pay zone, which determines the salary range for a given position. The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be based on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and current market conditions.

• Base Salary Ranges by Pay Zone:
  • Tier 1 (NYC/SF Bay Area/Seattle): $175,000 – $190,000 annually
  • Tier 2 (DC Metro/Austin/Chicago/Denver/Boston/Los Angeles/San Diego): $160,000 – $175,000 annually
  • Tier 3 (US - All Other): $150,000 – $165,000 annually
• Equity: This role is eligible for a stock option grant of 4,000 stock options, based on the position level and internal compensation guidelines.
• Bonus: This role is eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 10% of base salary.