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They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck instead of a capability. We built Aikido to change that. Aikido builds developer-first security products that reduce real risk without getting in the way of shipping software. We focus on what actually matters and automate the rest.\nWe’re taking on legacy security tools teams have been stuck with, and we’re winning. If you want to help us take market share and build products developers actually enjoy using, you’re in the right place.\nFounded in 2022 by third-time founders, Aikido has $85M in the bank, a long runway ahead, and unicorn status. We’re building toward self-securing software. Join an all-star team. Take real ownership. Push boundaries. Build things that matter.\nAs a Senior Cloud Engineer at Aikido, you’ll build and operate the cloud systems behind our FedRAMP environment. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who writes application and infrastructure code, understands how production cloud platforms work, and is comfortable operating what they build.\nYou’ll work across the boundary between software and infrastructure: adapting Aikido’s platform for AWS GovCloud, building automation and services, improving reliability, and troubleshooting real product issues. You’ll collaborate with our broader engineering team while taking practical ownership of the systems that support our federal customers.\nWe’re looking for a strong general-purpose engineer with roughly 5-7 years of experience, or hands-on ability. You may have come up through software engineering, cloud engineering, or DevOps. What matters most is that you can write code, understand cloud infrastructure, and get things done in production.\nResponsibilities\nBuild, maintain, and operate services and infrastructure for Aikido’s U.S. public sector cloud environment.\n\nWrite production-quality code in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or similar languages.\n\nBuild and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable tools.\n\nWork with AWS services and cloud-native systems, with AWS GovCloud experience especially useful.\n\nUnderstand and improve multi-tenant SaaS systems, including their architecture, security, reliability, and operational needs.\n\nAdapt and deliver platform capabilities in a regulated cloud environment, working with the broader Aikido engineering team.\n\nDebug issues across application code, infrastructure, deployments, and integrations using logs, metrics, traces, and cloud tooling.\n\nUse command-line and developer tools effectively, including AWS CLI, Git, CI/CD systems, and AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor.\n\nExplore and apply agentic systems and automation to improve cloud engineering and operations.\n\nParticipate in production operations, incident response, deployments, and ongoing service improvement.\n\nDocument systems and operational procedures so the team can support them reliably.\n\nRequirements\nAround 5-7 years of relevant experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability building and operating software or cloud systems.\n\nStrong coding ability in at least one of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go.\n\nPractical experience building or operating infrastructure on AWS; experience with GCP or Azure is also valuable.\n\nExperience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or CloudFormation.\n\nUnderstanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, compute, storage, databases, and monitoring.\n\nFamiliarity with production SaaS architecture, ideally including multi-tenant systems.\n\nA track record of debugging and solving problems across application and infrastructure layers.\n\nComfortable working hands-on in production environments, taking ownership, and learning unfamiliar systems.\n\nAble to work independently and collaborate with a distributed engineering team.\n\nU.S. citizenship is required for access to the FedRAMP environment.\n\nNice to have\nExperience with AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, federal, defense, or other regulated cloud environments.\n\nExperience with Kubernetes, containers, and service-oriented architectures.\n\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and incident response.\n\nFamiliarity with security engineering, cloud security, or compliance-driven operations.\n\nExperience using AI coding assistants or building agentic workflows for engineering tasks.\n\nExperience working with multiple cloud providers, including GCP or Azure\n\nWhat you can expect\nShort decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.\n\nGrow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path.\n\nTop-tier tech pay and equity.\n\nHigh trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.\n\nFlexibility in working hours.\n\nA company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.\n\nWe hire for talent, drive, and potential. 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