Lightspeed DMS

Software

CloudEngineer-PlatformEngineering

$1750–2500k ~AI est. Montevideo, Uruguay; Utah, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“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.

Software
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

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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