{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3a6cef3ffa563c8035cbc1dc","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3a6cef3ffa563c8035cbc1dc","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3a6cef3ffa563c8035cbc1dc","title":"Lead Cloud Engineer","description":"Mill is all about answering a simple question: how can we prevent waste? Less waste can save time, money, energy, maybe even our planet. And there's no better place to start than food. Food waste is one of the most solvable climate problems facing us today. Plus, our trash really stinks. It's gross, heavy, and our least favorite chore. At Mill we are striving to build a better environment for all, as we take on climate and kitchen change.\nWe're looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Engineer to lead our Cloud work across our AWS infrastructure. This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our end-to-end applications across web, mobile, cloud, and data that support our customer experiences.\nIn this role, you'll work with a cross functional group of engineers, guide architectural decisions, and help scale products that are critical to our success and growth.\nWhat You'll Do:\nCollaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers building web and mobile applications, cloud backends, and data pipelines.\nLead end-to-end technical delivery—from architecture and design to implementation, testing, deployment, and operations\nCollaborate with product and design teams to deliver intuitive and performant user experiences.\nChampion modern software development practices, including CI/CD, IaC, observability, and test automation.\nEnsure the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our systems.\nPromote a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.\nRequired Qualifications:\n6+ years as a cloud (services) engineer / backend engineer\nStrong API design experience, and an understanding of building asynchronous systems and error handling.\nHands-on experience with AWS (AWS IoT is a plus)\nFamiliarity with data pipelines and cloud-native data streaming and processing tools, such as Kinesis\nStrong background in Python\nSolid understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably with serverless architectures and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. API Gateway, Lambdas, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, and CDK).\nPassion for building reliable systems with deep knowledge of observability, tracing, and system performance.\nExcellent communication skills.\nPreferred Skills:\nTypeScript and modern JavaScript development.\nData streaming and warehousing technologies like Kafka and Snowflake.\nMobile application development, including React Native, native modules, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), deep linking, and websockets.\nAccess control systems, such as designing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for internal and external applications.\nExperience with version control, CI/CD, and build systems (e.g., GitHub Actions).\nFamiliarity with compliance and security standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and CPRA.\nThe estimated base salary range for this position is $185k to $225k, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. 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Less waste can save time, money, energy, maybe even our planet. And there's no better place to start than food. Food waste is one of the most solvable climate problems facing us today. Plus, our trash really stinks. It's gross, heavy, and our least favorite chore. At Mill we are striving to build a better environment for all, as we take on climate and kitchen change.\nWe're looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Engineer to lead our Cloud work across our AWS infrastructure. This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our end-to-end applications across web, mobile, cloud, and data that support our customer experiences.\nIn this role, you'll work with a cross functional group of engineers, guide architectural decisions, and help scale products that are critical to our success and growth.\nWhat You'll Do:\nCollaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers building web and mobile applications, cloud backends, and data pipelines.\nLead end-to-end technical delivery—from architecture and design to implementation, testing, deployment, and operations\nCollaborate with product and design teams to deliver intuitive and performant user experiences.\nChampion modern software development practices, including CI/CD, IaC, observability, and test automation.\nEnsure the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our systems.\nPromote a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.\nRequired Qualifications:\n6+ years as a cloud (services) engineer / backend engineer\nStrong API design experience, and an understanding of building asynchronous systems and error handling.\nHands-on experience with AWS (AWS IoT is a plus)\nFamiliarity with data pipelines and cloud-native data streaming and processing tools, such as Kinesis\nStrong background in Python\nSolid understanding of cloud infrastructure, preferably with serverless architectures and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. API Gateway, Lambdas, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, and CDK).\nPassion for building reliable systems with deep knowledge of observability, tracing, and system performance.\nExcellent communication skills.\nPreferred Skills:\nTypeScript and modern JavaScript development.\nData streaming and warehousing technologies like Kafka and Snowflake.\nMobile application development, including React Native, native modules, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), deep linking, and websockets.\nAccess control systems, such as designing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for internal and external applications.\nExperience with version control, CI/CD, and build systems (e.g., GitHub Actions).\nFamiliarity with compliance and security standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and CPRA.\nThe estimated base salary range for this position is $185k to $225k, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. 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