Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including: workload migrations & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first.
We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!
The Mission
At Caylent, a Senior Data Engineer works as an integral part of a cross-functional delivery team to implement data management solutions on the AWS cloud for our customers. You will work in a hands-on capacity to define RDS data sources, develop ETL jobs and manage data warehouses. You will participate in daily standup meetings with your team and bi-weekly agile ceremonies with the customer. Your manager will have a weekly 1:1 with you to help guide you in your career and make the most of your time at Caylent.
- Work with a team to deliver top-quality data solutions on AWS for customers
- Participate in and contribute to daily standup meetings
- Develop ETL and analytics solutions around relational databases
- Implement security, access controls and governance on cloud
Your Qualifications
- Develop and implement at least two of these:
- ETL, Orchestration and CI/CD pipelines
- SQL, Stored procedures and Query optimization
- Analytics and visualization
- MDM and Data Governance
- Design and implementation of at least one of these on AWS:
- High Availability (HA) solutions, read/write replicas and optimization
- RDS and Aurora performance tuning
- Large scale application migration and modernization with a heavy focus on DB
- Security, access controls and governance on cloud
- Excellent understanding of Data Warehouses, RDBMSs like Redshift, Snowflake, Postgres, MySQL
- Experience with IaC tools such as CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, and CI/CD tools
- Experience with AWS Glue, Lambda, SDK
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
- 401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
- Company issued laptop
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Term Disability Insurance
- Term Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- Unlimited Paid Time Off, following a 90-day probationary period
- 10 Paid Holidays
building a variety of cloud solutions and is passionate about working with our customers, partners, and employees to drive the business forward. Your mission will be to work alongside Caylent’s Architects and Delivery Managers to deliver AWS cloud solutions across our diverse and innovative customer base.You’ll work with the latest technologies and with disruptive customers looking to bring innovative ideas to the market.
Your Assignment
- Developing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CDK, or Pulumi
- Developing CI/CD pipelines
- Working with customer engineers building the solutions described in project backlogs
- Developing custom automation (Bash / PowerShell / Lambda Functions)
- Troubleshooting systems and deployments
- Mentoring and training engineers
Your Qualifications
- 3+ years experience as an engineer
- Expert understanding of cloud infrastructure and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
- Expert understanding of working with, building CI/CD pipelines and GitOps methodology
- Excellent knowledge of containerization, Kubernetes, or other container management platforms
- Proficient in Networking and IAM security
- Proficient with any of: Python, Go, C#, Node.js
- Great understanding of Agile project delivery
- Great verbal and written communication skills
- Enthusiasm for working in a startup environment and the ability to be cross-functional
- Possess a natural curiosity and excitement for learning new technology
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a some of the following:
- Migrations
- CICD
- IaC (Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK, Pulumi, etc)
- Scripting
- Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate, etc)
- Cloud Security Best Practices
- Networking
- Incident, release, problem and change management processes
- Experience working in a client-facing environment
- Experience working on agile projects
- Consultancy/advisory experience
Benefits
- Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
- 401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
- Competitive phantom equity
- Company issued laptop
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Term Disability Insurance
- Term Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- 10 Paid Holidays
Base Salary Range: The expected base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $135,000 per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Additional Compensation Components: In addition to the base salary, the compensation package may include bonuses, commissions, equity, and other incentives. The specific components will vary depending on the role and individual and/or company performance.
NOTE: We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position
Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@caylent.com
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