Lightspeed DMS
Software
CloudEngineer-PlatformEngineering
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“Cloud Engineer - Platform Engineering at Lightspeed DMS. Skills: Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, GitOps. Build self-service infrastructure platforms. Maintain self-service infrastructure platforms”
What You'll Achieve.
Increase developer velocity; Reduce operational toil; Increase team velocity; Reduce manual overhead; Accelerate infrastructure delivery; Accelerate application delivery; Improve speed; Improve efficiency; Improve scalability
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
Occasional maintenance window availability, On-call rotation support
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years in Cloud/Platform Engineering/SRE/DevOps, Production AWS experience, 4+ years Kubernetes experience, PostgreSQL experience in production, 4+ years Linux administration, Advanced Terraform skills, Deep AWS knowledge, Advanced Python scripting, Bash/Shell scripting proficiency, CI/CD pipeline experience, Self-service platform thinking, Cloud-native design mindset, Automation-first approach, Systems thinking, Exceptional communication with developers, Embedded squad experience, Excellent follow-through, Collaborative mindset, Strategic guidance ability, Experience working in Agile development environments, Authorized to work in the U.S.
Nice to Have
Experience building developer self-service platforms, Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants, AI-driven infrastructure analysis experience, LLM-based automation workflows experience, AWS Well-Architected Framework knowledge, Experience with observability platforms, Platform engineering background, SRE disciplines background, Building large-scale distributed systems, Managing large-scale distributed systems, Experience with messaging technologies, Incident management experience, Root cause analysis experience, Prior embedded infrastructure engineer experience
What You'll Do.
Build self-service infrastructure platforms
Maintain self-service infrastructure platforms
Empower developers to provision resources
Empower developers to manage resources
Work embedded within development squads
Act as cloud infrastructure guide
Act as strategic partner
Design reusable Terraform modules
Implement reusable Terraform modules
Enable consistent infrastructure patterns
Enable scalable infrastructure patterns
Develop AI-powered automation tools
Increase team velocity
Reduce manual operational overhead
Create developer-friendly abstractions
Implement GitOps workflows
Automate deployments across EKS
Build modular Terraform infrastructure
Support RDS PostgreSQL
Support Aurora PostgreSQL
Support core AWS services
Leverage AI tools for Terraform
Accelerate Terraform module development
Accelerate code review
Accelerate documentation
Design Terraform module libraries
Establish CI/CD pipelines
Enable safe infrastructure changes
Partner with developers on architecture
Design cloud-native architectures
Optimize architectures for AWS
Guide infrastructure decisions
Translate requirements to AWS solutions
Collaborate on infrastructure patterns
Collaborate on best practices
Implement highly available systems
Implement scalable systems
Implement self-healing systems
Develop Python automation
Develop Bash automation
Eliminate repetitive tasks
Apply AI tools for delivery
Build monitoring solutions
Build logging solutions
Build observability solutions
Provide developer insight
Improve speed through automation
Improve efficiency through automation
Improve scalability through automation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Embedded within development squads; Partner with developers; Collaborate with Cloud Architects; Collaborate with Security teams; Agile development environments
Communication Scope
Translate technical concepts
Process & Methodology
Agile
Full Job Description
Company Overview: Lightspeed is the leading provider of cloud-based software for dealerships, serving the Powersport, Marine, RV, Trailer, and Golf Car industries adding hundreds of dealerships to the Lightspeed community each year. Lightspeed’s Dealer Management Solution (DMS) enables dealerships to optimize their end-to-end business operations, including Sales, Parts, Service, Rentals, Payments, Accounting, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). When implemented into their daily operations, Lightspeed helps dealers increase their profitability by selling more units, service, and parts, all while creating a more streamlined experience for customers. Lightspeed is the most complete and integrated DMS in the industry with over 500 integrations with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), aftermarket parts and accessory distributors and dozens of other software tools that a dealership may use to run their business. Uniquely designed by dealers for dealers, and refined over the past 4 decades, Lightspeed empowers over 4,500+ dealers across North America with the tools and technology they need to manage their dealerships. We're seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our platform engineering team as an embedded member of development squads. In this role, you'll work directly alongside application developers, enabling their success through self-service infrastructure platforms, GitOps automation, and AI-powered tooling. You'll manage infrastructure supporting 4,000+ EKS workloads in AWS while building the next generation of developer-focused platforms that dramatically increase velocity. This isn't a traditional infrastructure role. You'll be a strategic partner to developers, guiding cloud architecture decisions, building automation that eliminates toil, and leveraging AI to accelerate both infrastructure and application delivery. What you'll do: Platform Development & Developer Enablement Build and maintain self-service infrastructure platforms that empower developers t
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