About this opportunity
Motion Recruitment lists this Staff Cloud Engineer / AWS, EKS, CI/CD, React, Security / Hybrid Downtown Chicago opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
We are partnered with a leading financial technology company that powers secure payment solutions used by millions of consumers and businesses across the U.S. The organization builds highly scalable, mission-critical systems that support digital payments, financial services, and transaction security.
This role is a senior-level engineering position focused on designing, building, and deploying complex distributed systems and cloud solutions. You will work across architecture, backend development, cloud infrastructure, and modern front-end technologies while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver business-critical applications.
Key Responsibilities
Define technical strategy, architecture, and design for complex systems
Build and scale distributed systems, microservices, and SaaS applications
Lead cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives using AWS, Terraform, and Ansible
Architect and support Kubernetes-based systems and containerized environments
Develop backend services using Java and Spring
Build modern front-end solutions using React or Angular
Design and maintain CI/CD, workflow, testing, and deployment pipelines
Troubleshoot complex production and infrastructure issues across multiple layers
Partner with product, design, operations, and engineering teams to deliver new features
Drive improvements to engineering standards, tooling, scalability, security, and observability
Qualifications
8+ years of software engineering experience
7+ years developing distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, or microservices
Strong AWS experience across compute, networking, storage, security, and observability
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including EKS, ECS, or similar platforms
Strong Terraform and/or Ansible experience
Experience building CI/CD pipelines and scalable cloud infrastructure
Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Pub/Sub
2+ years of front-end development using React or Angular
Experience designing and delivering business-critical, scalable systems
Strong understanding of testing, secure coding, DevOps, and SDLC best practices
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Offer Work Authorization
Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder.
Compensation & Benefits
Competative salary
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
401(k)
Posted By: Sydney Sabol
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Worksite address
chicago, IL, 60290, US
Who can apply
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