Senior Cloud Engineer

The Role

As a Senior Cloud engineer, you will ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our foundation's grant-making, investment management, and reporting applications. You will design and maintain cloud infrastructure, implement DevOps pipelines, and collaborate with enterprise DBA teams to support our YugabyteDB database infrastructure. This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic reliability engineering, requiring expertise in cloud platforms, networking, and database systems while maintaining compliance with financial regulations.

• Design and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and monitoring of applications
• Implement and manage containerized applications using ECS, Docker, and Kubernetes with focus on reliability and performance
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security across all environments using observability tools
• Collaborate with enterprise DBA teams to support YugabyteDB database operations, performance tuning, and disaster recovery
• Automate operational tasks, implement backup/disaster recovery procedures, and establish SLAs/SLOs
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and post-mortem analysis to drive continuous improvement
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and security best practices while mentoring team members

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 5 plus years of cloud engineering or DevOps experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) including compute, storage, networking, and managed services
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting languages (TypeScript for CDK, Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Experience with database administration concepts and distributed databases, preferably YugabyteDB or similar (PostgreSQL, CockroachDB)
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security groups, VPCs, load balancers, and DNS management
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch) and incident management practices
• Strong Linux system administration skills and containerization experience (ECS, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and work independently
• Experience with Spring Boot (Java) or Angular (TypeScript) application deployment and optimization is a plus
• Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, CKA/CKAD) is a plus
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries with compliance requirements is a plus
• Knowledge of chaos engineering, fault injection, and reliability testing practices is a plus

The Team

We are Fidelity Labs, Fidelity Investments’ in-house fintech incubator with a mission to build new businesses to drive growth for Fidelity. We seek to shape the future of our industry by building new products and services to improve the lives of the diverse set of customers, businesses, and financial institutions we serve.

Fidelity Labs is a dynamic workplace that combines the best parts of startup life—building from scratch, adapting quickly, and moon-shot ambition—with the scale and stability of an industry leader. We provide a safe space for startup teams to explore new business ideas, quickly test them with customers, and scale the most promising concepts within an existing business unit, or as a new venture.

This opportunity is brought to you by Fidelity Labs. Learn more at labs.fidelity.com.

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Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

The base salary range for this position is $97,000-185,000 USD per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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