Senior Cloud Engineer

Handshake Technologies, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco, CA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Senior Cloud Engineer at Handshake Technologies, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the cloud infrastructure that powers the AI-driven career network connecting millions of students, academic institutions, and employers—directly enabling the next generation to explore careers, build skills, and get hired in the AI economy.
• You will architect, manage, and evolve scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure across production and development environments, ensuring systems are secure, efficient, and aligned with cloud-native principles while reducing operational toil and accelerating developer velocity.
• You will define and enforce best practices for cloud deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code, making it easy and safe for engineering teams to ship code confidently and consistently across environments.
• You will partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to design cloud-native systems from the ground up, mentor peers on cloud best practices, and explore AI-driven innovations in infrastructure automation, observability, and incident response.
• You will own and evolve IaC practices using Terraform, Crossplane, or similar tools, drive platform improvements that reduce manual effort, and contribute to a culture of documentation, standardization, and shared ownership across the organization.
• You will work with modern container-based and Kubernetes-native architectures, leverage GitOps workflows with ArgoCD, and apply FinOps and cloud security principles to optimize cost, performance, and resilience.
• You will join a world-class team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, backed by $3.5B in funding from top-tier investors, and contribute to a mission-driven company redefining work in the AI economy.
• You will grow your expertise in cutting-edge cloud technologies, AI-integrated infrastructure, and platform engineering while mentoring others and influencing technical strategy at a high-impact, fast-growing organization.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep hands-on experience with GCP (strongly preferred), AWS, or Azure, including running production workloads at scale and troubleshooting complex cloud environments
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform or experience with Crossplane or similar policy-driven IaC tools
• Fluency with modern CI/CD tooling such as Buildkite, GitHub Actions, and a strong GitOps mindset using tools like ArgoCD or Flux
• Experience designing container-based and Kubernetes-native architectures
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A collaborative spirit, bias toward documentation, and commitment to shared ownership and engineering excellence

🏖️ Benefits

• Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company with a $3.5B valuation backed by top investors including Kleiner Perkins and True Ventures
• Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, and access to financial coaching resources
• Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, and parental coaching to support employees through major life events
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support, and a wellness stipend
• Growth: Learning stipend and ongoing development opportunities to support continuous skill advancement
• Remote & Office: Internet stipend, commuting benefits, and free lunch/gym access at the San Francisco office
• Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 company holidays, and 2 additional flex days annually
• Connection: Regular team outings and referral bonuses to foster collaboration and community

Skills & Technologies

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Senior

Remote

Degree Required

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About Handshake Technologies, Inc.

Handshake Technologies provides a cloud-based career-services platform that connects university students, recent graduates, and employers. The software enables institutions to manage job postings, career fairs, on-campus interviews, and employer relations while giving students tools to discover internships and entry-level roles and giving employers access to early-career talent across a network of partner colleges and universities.

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