Cloud Engineer
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Seattle, WA

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Onsite

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Contract

|Job ID 72304|Posted Oct 27, 2025
JOB DESCRIPTION

Join our dynamic team as a Cloud Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing our AWS-based content management systems. This high-impact position offers the chance to collaborate with diverse teams and innovate deployment solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with creative teams, content managers, and technical staff to improve AWS infrastructure.
  • Evaluate and optimize current deployment solutions, focusing on automation and efficiency.
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and delivery.
  • Enhance security updates, monitoring, and alerting systems.
  • Develop and design large-scale, distributed software applications and systems.

Skills

  • Proficiency in AWS infrastructure systems such as RDS, API Gateway, CloudFormation, and Lambda.
  • Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
  • Experience with programming languages like Python, Ruby, Go, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
  • Familiarity with code versioning tools, particularly Git.
  • Competence in automated unit testing and integration testing.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with large-scale content management systems.
  • Knowledge of systems architecture and design.
  • Understanding of professional software engineering practices and the full software development life cycle.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams and management.

At Horizontal, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to join our team and contribute to our innovative projects.

 

Once you apply for this position, you may receive a phone call, SMS or email at the time of application from our Virtual AI Recruiter, Alex, to conduct an initial interview.


Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers.  We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments.  For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $65 - $101 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. 

We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.

In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us.

All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.