[Hiring] Associate Cloud Engineer @Silent Eight

At Silent Eight, we develop our own AI-based products to combat financial crimes that enable things like money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and systemic corruption. We’re a leading RegTech firm working with large international financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Join us and help make the world a safer place!

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting our AWS backbone infrastructure, assisting development teams, and engaging in pre-sales activities. Additionally, with the assistance of the Cloud Engineering Manager, you will support customer implementations and maintain direct contact to ensure smooth execution.

The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in AWS (certified AWS Solution Architect), experience in distributed environments, and strong knowledge of middleware and programming.

Support Development Teams:

• Collaborate with development teams to design and deploy cloud-native applications.

• Provide guidance on cloud infrastructure, security, and deployment strategies.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and services.

• Provide and support CI/CD infrastructure.

Pre-sales and Customer Engagement:

• Participate in pre-sales activities by providing technical support and assisting in creating customized solutions for potential clients.

• Conduct technical presentations and demonstrations to showcase our cloud capabilities.

Implementation Support:

• Support the implementation of cloud solutions for customers.

• Ensure successful integration of cloud services with existing systems and applications.

• Provide post-implementation support and troubleshooting as needed.

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience in AWS cloud engineering.

• Proven experience in distributed environments and cloud architecture.

• Demonstrated experience in a customer-facing role, supporting implementations and pre-sales activities.

Certifications - nice to have:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

• AWS Certified Solutions DevOps Engineer - Associate

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in middleware technologies such as PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Spark, DynamoDB

• Strong knowledge of at least two programming languages: Java and Python.

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Engagement type: B2B contract
• Competitive salary
• Employee stock options
• Paid days to balance your work and life in a way that suits you best
• Location: Fully-remote, forever
• Career growth: Promotion and great development opportunities within the organization
• Passionate leadership
• Collaborative team
• The chance to be an integral part of an award-winning, fast-growing RegTech company that values a friendly working atmosphere.

• Work methodology: Agile, small interdisciplinary teams
• Main technologies: Java 17, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Docker, Javascript/Typescript, React (18), Python 3
• Tools used: gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, Artifactory, SonarQube, Keycloak, Kubernetes
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, SonarQube
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Code hosting: GitHub
• Cloud Infrastructure: AWS
• Issue tracking tool: Jira
• Knowledge repository: Confluence, Google Drive
• Operating system: MacOS