Senior Central Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

WHO WE ARE

The real world is the next frontier, and at Metropolis, we are creating the

artificial intelligence to make it responsive. We are pioneering the Recognition

Economy — a future where mundane repetition disappears and being known unlocks

access, comfort and belonging everywhere you go. From transforming parking into

a seamless drive-in, drive-out experience for millions of Members to expanding

our intelligence layer across retail and hospitality, we are building a world

that feels instinctive and magical. The future isn’t coming; it’s here, and we

need builders, innovators and problem solvers to help us create it.

WHO YOU ARE

Metropolis is seeking a Senior Central Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to serve as

a principal contributor to our central cloud platform infrastructure. In this

role, you will architect, scale, and maintain highly resilient environments

across multiple products while driving infrastructure modernization and legacy

system integrations. The ideal candidate combines deep technical mastery of

modern cloud-native systems with a strong collaborative mindset to interface

across engineering teams, troubleshoot complex environments, and provide

technical guidance to scale the team's overall competency.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

* Architect, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud

infrastructure environments across multiple company products

* Design and manage infrastructure modernization initiatives (CI/CD, IaC, K8s,

AI, etc) and lead the complex integration of legacy or established systems

into modern, cloud-native environments

* Craft comprehensive disaster recovery strategies and engineer

production-grade technical solutions to safeguard system uptime

* Serve as a technical focal point for troubleshooting, system deep-dives, and

resolving infrastructure bottlenecks across both Linux and Windows operating

systems

* Ensure global cloud environments continuously meet and exceed stringent

security guidelines and technical compliance frameworks, specifically PCI and

SOC2

* Lead incident response and root-cause analysis, and champion blameless

postmortems and error-budget discipline across the team

* Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers,

helping to scale the infrastructure team's overall technical competency

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

* Hold a BS degree in Computer Science (or a relevant technical/engineering

discipline) and 5+ years of hands-on experience, or equivalent professional

experience (8+ years) working in high-growth cloud environments

* Demonstrate deep production-level technical experience using AWS, Terraform,

Atmos, and Python (or equivalent automation language - Bash/Go)

* Demonstrate hands-on expertise with a modern observability stack (Datadog or

equivalent: APM/distributed tracing, logs, metrics, RUM), including defining

SLOs/SLIs and managing monitors-as-code

* Leverage production experience with service mesh and L7 proxies (Envoy/Istio)

and Kubernetes ingress in high-throughput request paths

* Utilize advanced operational knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, Helm, and overall

container orchestration

* Apply strong secrets-management and rotation practices (Infisical, Vault, or

AWS Secrets Manager) in a PCI/SOC2 context

* Showcase hands-on experience working with managed streaming data

infrastructure via AWS MSK (Kafka) alongside various SQL and NoSQL AWS

managed database solutions, including Amazon Aurora

* Maintain a strong understanding of cloud networking architecture, security

protocols, and firewalls

* Exhibit expert competency managing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux

(and Windows where applicable) server environments

* Use excellent written and verbal communication skills to translate complex

infrastructure concepts into clear, actionable technical documentation

WHILE NOT REQUIRED, THESE ARE A PLUS:

* Possess previous experience working inside innovative, high-growth tech

start-ups or fast-paced corporate engineering environments

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4 Days in Office: Metropolis values in-person collaboration to drive innovation,

strengthen culture, and enhance the Member experience. Our corporate team

members hold to our office-first model, which requires employees to be on-site

at least four days a week, fostering organic interactions that spark creativity

and connection

When you join Metropolis, you'll join a team of world-class product leaders and

engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking,

mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where

everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in

building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated

base salary for this position is $170,000.00 USD to $225,000.00 USD annually.

The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables,

including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position,

years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained,

certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of

residence and/or place of employment. Base salary is one component of

Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or

eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term

disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus

plans and more. #LI-AR1 #LI-Onsite

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Metropolis Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We make all hiring

decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to

race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or

pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected

characteristic under federal, state, or local law.