Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)
## About Us
Smirnov Labs is a fast-growing engineering company founded by an ex-Googler. We help product teams launch and scale quickly by leveraging modern technology and AI-assisted development.
Our projects are diverse — we partner with clients at the earliest stages and own the technical delivery end-to-end.
We're a small, senior-heavy team where every engineer has real impact. No bureaucracy, no hand-holding — just sharp people shipping fast.
This is an outstaff role: you'll be embedded directly with a client's engineering team as part of our delivery group, building AI-powered products in a modern, security-conscious, SOC 2-aligned environment.
## What You'll Do
- Design, deploy, configure, and support AWS cloud environments end-to-end — from architecture and provisioning to production support.
- Work hands-on across core AWS services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code and automated deployment processes.
- Own CI/CD in GitHub Actions — build, test, and release workflows; keep pipelines fast, reliable, and green.
- Apply cloud security, monitoring, backup, high-availability, and cost-management best practices.
- Administer and harden Linux servers — users, permissions, services, networking, storage, logs, and scheduled tasks — and automate operational procedures with shell scripting.
- Support PostgreSQL in production — backups, recovery, connection management, and performance.
- Work in a security-conscious environment aligned with SOC 2 controls — access reviews, secret management, and audit-ready documentation.
- Communicate directly with the client's software, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors — no layers in between.
- Use AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) as part of your daily workflow.
## What We're Looking For
- 5+ years in cloud, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, with deep hands-on AWS experience
- Strong command of core AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager)
- Solid Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar) and automated deployment pipelines
- Strong CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions
- Strong Linux administration and shell scripting
- Working knowledge of PostgreSQL operations (backups, recovery, tuning)
- Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance-driven environments (SOC 2 a plus)
- Comfortable working in a codebase and infrastructure under active change, with strong code review and automated review gates
- Comfort working in the US timezone (overlapping working hours required)
- Upper-Intermediate or higher English
- Ability to own and drive work independently with minimal supervision
## What We Offer
- Competitive salary above market average
- Fully remote work
- Flat structure — work directly with the client's engineering team, no middle management
- Diverse and technically challenging projects
- Modern AI-powered development workflow
- Small team culture — your voice matters, your work ships
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- Flexible schedule within the US timezone overlap
- Professional and career growth through real ownership, not courses and certificates
## How to Apply
Send your CV with a brief note about a cloud environment or platform you're most proud of building.