Cloud Engineer

Role: Cloud Engineer Industry: FinTech / Hedge Fund Tech Location: New York - Hybrid Salary: $200K–$250K + Equity I'm partnering exclusively with a fast-growing, high-impact FinTech platform business that builds and operates cutting-edge infrastructure for some of the world's most sophisticated hedge funds. They're looking for a talented Cloud Engineer to own the cloud and platform systems at the heart of their product.The RoleYou'll sit at the intersection of cloud architecture, platform engineering, and AI development — collaborating with Forward Deployed Engineers to design secure, scalable, high-performance environments for elite institutional clients.What You'll OwnDesign, implement, and manage secure cloud infrastructure (Azure is non-negotiable)IaC deployments using Terraform across cloud environmentsNetworking: VPNs, VPC connectivity, private endpoints, DNS, and certificate-based authCI/CD pipelines and containerized environments (Docker)Cloud automation via Bash/Python scripting and infrastructure testingProvisioning isolated, single-tenant client environments end-to-endBackend and data infrastructure — Redis, MSSQL, Azure SQL — supporting high-load financial data workloadsInfluencing the product roadmap alongside the engineering and product teamsWhat My Client Is Looking For3+ years in cloud infrastructure or platform engineeringStrong Azure experience (essential)Hands-on with Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD toolingComfortable working in a fast-paced, client-facing environmentBackground in fintech, trading, or financial data workloads is a strong plusIf you want to know more about this, please apply below and I will be in contact to discuss the position further.