Senior Cloud Engineer, Sovrn
$120-130k
+ Bonus and equity
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, CO
Advertising tools & services for content creators
Be an early applicant
Advertising tools & services for content creators
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-130k
+ Bonus and equity
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, CO
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower independent content creators and publishers to grow their businesses and achieve the attention they deserve.
Role
Who you are
- Experience administering AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch) and Databricks platforms, including workspace, cluster, and user management
- Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, data governance principles, and cost optimization
- Ability to design and automate infrastructure using languages like Python, Bash, Terraform, or CloudFormation
- Experience designing and implementing backup and disaster recovery strategies
- Collaborative approach with excellent problem-solving and communication skills to support technical teams
- AWS or Databricks certifications are a plus
- Sovrn is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
What the job involves
- The Senior Cloud Engineer is the guardian of our cloud data infrastructure. Your expertise ensures our data teams can innovate efficiently and securely, knowing that the underlying systems—from infrastructure and governance to performance and security—are managed with excellence. This role is key to advancing our data strategy and enabling the Data Collective to transform information into operational insights
- Manage, optimize, and scale Databricks workspaces, clusters, and systems to maximize performance while reducing costs
- Define and enforce governance frameworks (RBAC/ABAC, IAM, SCIM) that protect data integrity and align with compliance standards
- Oversee AWS environments (VPC, EC2, S3) to ensure scalability, efficiency, and strong security posture across data systems
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting (Python, Bash) to automate workflows, control costs, and strengthen disaster recovery
- Establish observability standards, monitor system health and usage, and provide insights that drive performance and cost transparency
- Partner with software engineers, data engineers, data scientists, and IT to enable innovation, streamline access, and ensure platform alignment with business goals
Our take
The monetization of online content creation can be very lucrative but requires time, resources and expertise outside of writing. Passionate writers who focus on storytelling and creating inspiring content may waste valuable time attempting to develop their business, and hiring somebody to do this is often too expensive for independent writers.
Sovrn tackles this in a smart way by providing writers with simple-to-use tools that take the stress out of monetization. It works with publishers and advertisers to provide opportunities to passionate writers, allowing them to focus on excelling at their job rather than dealing with distribution, monetization and operations - all of which Sovrn is able to handle.
The startup claims to be able to drive higher revenues and scale a publishing business, at the same time as allowing writers to focus on what they do best. It has seen significant investment that will enable it to pursue acquisitions and support the further expansion of its platform with more capabilities to be added in the future.
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Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2022
$35.6m
LATE VC
Jul 2022
$36m
SERIES C
Total funding: $132.6m
Company benefits
- Work at a company that values your strengths. See the results of your actions. There are no barriers at Sovrn
- First-class health benefits, wellness options, and a host of life-improvement perks that help you be the best you
- Retirement benefits, 401k matching, and stock options show we’re equally dedicated to financial health
- In-house barista, catered lunches and breakfasts
- Volunteer opportunities
- Flexible vacation and a focus on mental and physical health mean you’ll have time for life outside the office
- Learn new skills. Pursue great ideas. Take on new opportunities and thrive in a workplace that rewards your efforts
Company HQ
Boulder, CO
Leadership
Walter Knapp
(CEO)Having studied at the University of Colorado, they worked as a Partner at Cambridge Technology, and Novell Ventures for a combined 6 years. They worked as SuSE Linux at Novel, COO of Lijit Networks, and COO of Federated Media Publishing before leaving in January 2014 to found Sovrn.
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