Senior Cloud Engineer (GovCloud / FedRAMP)

About the role

Aikido, a developer-first security platform founded in 2022, is hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer in Boston to build and operate the cloud systems behind its FedRAMP environment. The role sits at the boundary between software and infrastructure: adapting the platform for AWS GovCloud, building automation and services, improving reliability and troubleshooting real product issues. It suits a general-purpose engineer with about 5-7 years of experience who writes code and understands production cloud platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Build, maintain and operate services and infrastructure for the U.S. public sector cloud environment.
• Write production-quality code in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go or similar languages.
• Maintain infrastructure as code with Terraform, CloudFormation or comparable tools.
• Work with AWS services and cloud-native systems, with AWS GovCloud experience especially useful.
• Understand and improve multi-tenant SaaS systems, including their architecture, security, reliability and operational needs.
• Debug issues across application code, infrastructure, deployments and integrations using logs, metrics, traces and cloud tooling.
• Use command-line and developer tools, including AWS CLI, Git, CI/CD systems and AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor.
• Explore agentic systems and automation, and take part in production operations, incident response and deployments.
• Document systems and operational procedures.

Required profile

• Around 5-7 years of relevant experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability.
• Strong coding ability in at least one of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or Go.
• Practical experience building or operating infrastructure on AWS; GCP or Azure experience is also valuable.
• Understanding of cloud networking, IAM, compute, storage, databases and monitoring.
• Familiarity with production SaaS architecture, ideally multi-tenant.
• Track record of debugging and problem-solving, and comfort working hands-on in production.
• Able to work independently and collaborate with a distributed engineering team.
• U.S. citizenship is required for access to the FedRAMP environment.

Nice to have

• AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP or regulated cloud experience.
• Kubernetes, containers and service-oriented architectures.
• CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability and incident response.
• Security engineering, cloud security or compliance-driven operations.
• AI coding assistants and agentic workflows.
• Experience with multiple cloud providers.

What we offer

• Short decision lines, big ownership and fast delivery.
• Top-tier tech pay and equity.
• Flexibility in working hours and an open, informal atmosphere.