Private Cloud Architect (LATAM)

We are looking for a Private Cloud Architect to US-based Clients team that is building a next-generation private cloud platform as part of a greenfield initiative to bring critical internal workloads in-house while enabling future growth. Our infrastructure currently powers a massive database testing system that runs 7.25M+ tests per month, writes petabytes of data daily, and is scaling aggressively year over year. 

As a Private Cloud Architect, you will own the top-level design and evolution of our private cloud infrastructure, with particular focus on network architecture, security, scalability, and cost efficiency. You’ll work closely with a small, highly skilled engineering team in a culture that values first-principles thinking, data-driven decisions, and egoless technical debate. 

Experience / Skills required: 

Must have: 

• 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and optimizing systems software and infrastructure architectures 
• Deep expertise in networking, with the ability to operate at both system design and implementation levels 
• Strong working knowledge of one or more private cloud domains, such as: Virtualization, Storage systems, Service modeling and REST API / SDK generation, High-performance or scientific computing, Kernel or low-level systems development 
• Experience designing, building, and troubleshooting distributed systems 
• Proficiency in at least one systems programming language (C, C++, or Go) 
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python or Bash) 
• Comfort working in *Unix/Linux (“nix”) environments 
• Upper-Intermediate English and better 

Good to have: 

• Knowledge of zero-trust security models and private cloud compliance standards 
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud connectivity 
• Experience with low-latency networking technologies (e.g., DPDK, RDMA) 
• Hands-on experience with SLAs, SLOs, incident management, and reliability best practices 
• Experience with—or strong interest in—AI-assisted infrastructure automation and optimization 
• Experience with distributed SQL databases 
• Experience with or interest in distributed elastic AI / LLM CPU inference (e.g., OpenVINO, llama.cpp) 

Responsibilities: 

• Design and develop major private cloud infrastructure components with a strong focus on fault tolerance, performance, and scalability 
• Own infrastructure systems end-to-end, from architectural design through production operation 
• Drive the top-level architecture and long-term technical direction of the private cloud 
• Provide deep architectural expertise in networking, security, and infrastructure best practices 
• Collaborate closely with a small, senior engineering team to design, integrate, and operate core systems 
• Enable fact-driven decision-making by grounding discussions in data, metrics, and code 
• Continuously improve system reliability, usability, and operational efficiency 
• Partner across teams to ensure seamless integration and successful operation of infrastructure services 
• Explore and apply AI-powered techniques for automation, observability, and infrastructure optimization 
• Practice distributed leadership—comfortably shifting between leading, collaborating, and supporting peers 

We offer:  

• Competitive salary with the regular review  
• Vacation (up to 20 working days)  
• Paid sick leaves (10 working days)  
• National Holidays as paid time off  
• Flexible working schedule, remote format   
• Direct cooperation with the customer  
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy and great team spirit  
• Challenging projects in diverse business domains and a variety of tech stacks  
• Communication with Top/Senior level specialists to strengthen your hard skills  
• Online teambuildings