Cloud Engineer (Full Stack AWS)

About Particle41

Particle41 is a software engineering and cloud consulting firm that helps organizations modernize platforms scale cloud infrastructure and build secure high-performing systems. Our teams work across application development DevOps cloud architecture and datapartnering closely with clients to deliver outcomes not just code.

We value engineers who are curious pragmatic and comfortable owning systems end-to-end in real production environments.

Role Summary

Particle41 is seeking a Cloud Engineer (Full Stack) with strong AWS expertise and hands-on development experience to design build and operate cloud-native solutions for our clients.

In this role you will work across infrastructure application code security and CI/CDhelping clients build scalable fault-tolerant and secure systems in AWS. Youll be expected to contribute throughout the full software development lifecycle from architecture and implementation through deployment and ongoing support.

What Youll Do

• Design build and deploy cloud-native and serverless applications on AWS

• Leverage AWS services and APIs to implement scalable resilient architectures

• Provision and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable automated deployments

• Participate in planning requirements definition development testing and quality assurance

• Manage and support multi-account AWS environments including networking compute monitoring and security

• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices including IAM encryption and access controls

• Investigate and resolve production issues performing root cause analysis and remediation

• Create and maintain technical documentation such as architecture diagrams threat models and user guides

• Collaborate closely with project managers client stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience

• 3 years of hands-on experience working with AWS

• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as:

  • JavaScript / TypeScript /

  • Python

  • Java Go C# Ruby

  • Bash / PowerShell

• Practical experience with AWS services such as:

  • Lambda API Gateway IAM S3

  • EventBridge Step Functions

  • DynamoDB SQS

  • CloudWatch KMS

• Experience provisioning infrastructure using IaC tools (e.g. CloudFormation; Terraform or CDK a plus)

• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and tooling (e.g. CodePipeline CodeBuild CodeDeploy)

• Strong understanding of cloud and application security particularly for APIs and distributed systems

• Experience using Git for source control

• One or more AWS certifications (Associate level or higher) strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field

• Experience building serverless architectures using AWS CDK

• Experience designing and deploying REST APIs

• Familiarity with identity and access protocols such as SAML OAuth OpenID SCIM

• Experience supporting production cloud environments across multiple AWS accounts

• Consulting or client-facing delivery experience

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• You can clearly explain which AWS services youve used and why

• Youve built and supported production systems not just prototypes

• Youre comfortable moving between infrastructure application code and pipelines

• You understand how to balance security scalability and delivery speed

• You take ownership when things break and communicate clearly during incidents