Cloud Engineer

At Simetrik, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Accounting space, AI-powered precision transforming financial operations globally.

Cloud Engineer Location: Colombia (Remote) Investors: Goldman Sachs Asset Management FinTech Collective Cometa Simetrik Overview Founded in 2019, Simetrik is a robust B2B platform powered by no-code and generative AI. We empower financial and operational teams to automate reconciliations end-to-end, anticipate risks, and manage all their operations from one intuitive, spreadsheet-inspired interface. Simetrik is a market leader in Latin America, handling two-thirds of the region’s transactions with clients such as PayU, Mercado Libre, Rappi, PagSeguro, Falabella, Oxxo, Itaú, and Nubank, and partners like Deloitte. Our global footprint spans over 35 countries, monitoring 200+ million records daily. Executive Team Alejandro Casas Caro, Co-Founder & CEO Santiago Gómez, Co-Founder & COO Felipe Pardo, CFO Sebastián Bezzo, VP of Revenue | Latam About the Role What does success look like in this role? Success means maintaining a stable, secure, scalable infrastructure supported by efficient automation. A successful Cloud Engineer at Simetrik is proactive, collaborative, and solves complex technical problems, directly enhancing the product’s reliability and customer experience. Impact & Scope You will directly influence the stability, scalability, and operational efficiency of our platform, working closely with the Head of Tech and the development team to support product growth and customer satisfaction. Key Results (First 3–6 months) Automate lifecycle management of key AWS infrastructure using Terraform. Stabilize and effectively monitor production services. Drive improvements in software lifecycle reliability and performance. Optimize AWS costs. Responsibilities Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines Collaborate with development to automate testing, builds, and deployments Manage and monitor AWS services (ECS, EC2, RDS, Batch, etc.) Support technical tools and drive world-class operational processes Continuously improve SDLC with a focus on infrastructure and reliability Contribute to building a scalable SaaS platform with multidisciplinary teams Must-Have Qualifications 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering or similar roles Proven experience with Terraform and AWS services (ECS, ECR, S3, RDS, CloudFront, Batch, EC2) Strong knowledge of networking, load balancing, high availability, and security best practices Deep expertise with AWS cost management, governance, and the Well-Architected Framework Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness, etc.) Familiarity with observability tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) Scripting/programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages Good practices in containerization (Docker) Nice-to-Have Experience with container orchestrators (Kubernetes, ECS Fargate, etc.) Familiarity with highly regulated or mission-critical environments Contributions to DevOps culture and agile delivery optimization Education Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience) Benefits Well-funded, ambitious startup with competitive salaries Entrepreneurial culture—push limits, create, and collaborate every day Open communication with company leadership Small, dynamic teams = massive impact 100% Remote Work (work from anywhere) $500 USD a year for learning investments

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