Principal Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Our Culture and ImpactCvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 5,500+ employees and ~30,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we’re transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers the human connection.Cvent's strength lies in its people, fostering a culture where everyone is encouraged to think like entrepreneurs, taking risks and making decisions confidently. We value diverse perspectives and celebrate differences, working together with colleagues and clients to build strong connections.AI at Cvent: Leading the FutureAre you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation? At Cvent, we’re committed to continuous learning and adaptation—AI isn’t just a tool for us, it’s part of our DNA. We’re looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you’ll thrive here. Our team values professionals who thoughtfully integrate AI into their daily work, delivering exceptional results while relying on the human judgment and creativity that drive real innovation.Throughout our interview process, you’ll have the chance to demonstrate how you use AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact. If you’re excited to be part of a team that’s leading the way in AI-powered collaboration, we’d love to meet you.Cvent is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Principal Engineer to help shape the platform behind our event and hospitality SaaS business. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role for an engineer who thrives at: setting architectural direction, solving complex platform challenges, and creating leverage across teams through strong technical judgment, automation, and platform design.Lead the evolution of secure, scalable, and highly automated AWS infrastructure that supports both customer-facing applications and the internal platforms our engineering teams depend on to build and operate software at scale. You will influence the long-term direction of our cloud foundation, advance self-service infrastructure capabilities, and drive modern engineering practices across a global organization.RoleYou will play a key role in expanding our AWS-based platform, including serverless workflows for account provisioning, IAM automation, and core database and storage services. You will also help identify practical opportunities to apply generative AI to improve developer productivity, internal tooling, and operational efficiency. In addition, you will: Set architectural direction for core cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities across a multi-account, multi-region AWS environmentBuild and improve internal cloud platforms and self-service workflows that accelerate delivery while strengthening governance and reliabilityDevelop automation using technologies such as AWS Step Functions, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, Python, TypeScript, and ChefBuild infrastructure-as-code solutions with AWS CDK to standardize and streamline cloud deploymentsPartner closely with Security, Database, Enterprise Services, and SRE teams across the US, Canada, and India to solve complex cross-functional infrastructure challengesProvide senior technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and hands-on problem solvingIdentify and implement practical uses of generative AI to improve internal tooling, automation, and speed of executionThis role blends deep technical execution with strategic leadership. A typical allocation is:25% hands-on engineering and automation development25% code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance25% architecture, planning, and cross-team technical leadership25% operational support and partnership with internal customers7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and/or Security EngineeringStrong experience building automation, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure tooling using Python, TypeScript, or similar languagesProven experience designing and operating AWS infrastructure in high-scale, multi-account, multi-region production environmentsDemonstrated ability to lead technically through influence, architectural clarity, and strong engineering judgmentStrong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership at multiple levelsExperience leading technical initiatives across distributed or global teams and helping raise the technical bar of an organizationPreferred QualificationsExperience building infrastructure-as-code solutions using AWS CDK, ideally with TypeScriptHands-on experience with serverless architectures and AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions, IAM, and related platform componentsExperience with configuration management and systems automation using tools such as AWS Systems Manager, Chef, or AnsibleExperience supporting Windows and Linux environments in enterprise-scale infrastructureFamiliarity with Microsoft SQL Server infrastructure administrationExperience using Active Directory and Group Policy to manage access and system configurationExperience building or improving internal developer platforms, self-service tooling, or cloud governance frameworksExperience evaluating emerging technologies and translating them into practical platform improvementsOn-Call and Work ModelBecause Cloud Infrastructure supports a 24x7x365 environment, this role participates in an on-call rotation. Our global team structure is designed to make this sustainable: the rotation is typically one week approximately every six weeks, with daytime coverage shared across regions and handoff to our India team overnight.This Role Follows Our Current Hybrid ScheduleWork from home on Monday, Tuesday, and FridayWork in the office on Wednesday and ThursdayThis is an opportunity to influence the cloud foundation of a large-scale SaaS platform at principal depth. You will help define how infrastructure is built, secured, automated, and consumed across the organization, while partnering with experienced engineers who care deeply about reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement.If you are motivated by platform strategy, large-scale cloud architecture, and building systems that enable other engineers to move faster, we would love to hear from you.Hybrid: 2 days in office We are not able to offer sponsorship for this positionPhysical Demands