About the role
What will you do at Metropolis Technologies?
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
Metropolis may utilize an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) to assess or
evaluate your candidacy for employment or promotion. AEDTs are used to assist in
assessing a candidate’s application relative to the required job qualifications
and responsibilities listed in the job posting.
As part of this process, Metropolis retains data relevant to your candidacy,
including personal information, for a period that is reasonably necessary for
the use of the tool. If you are hired for the position, your data may become
part of your employee records.
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.
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