Senior Software Engineer, CloudFactory
Workforce solutions for AI
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Workforce solutions for AI
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To integrate technology and human expertise, and uniquely enable companies to transform using AI.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating complex software systems at scale
- Mastery of Go (Golang): You are an expert in writing idiomatic, concurrent, and performant Go code
- Cloud-Native Proficiency: You consider Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) standard tools in a senior engineer's toolkit
- AWS/GCP Expertise: Deep experience navigating managed services, networking, and cloud security within AWS or GCP
- Distributed Systems Background: A strong grounding in microservices, asynchronous messaging, and data consistency
- Obsessively Observant: Proven experience with CI/CD automation and observability stacks (e.g., New Relic, Prometheus, or ELK)
- Client-Facing Presence: The ability to command a room (or a Zoom call) to explain complex technical roadmaps to non-technical stakeholders
- Nice to have: Experience working with LLMs, prompt engineering, model evaluation pipelines, and techniques for improving model quality and reliability
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer , you will play a key role in building, scaling and maturing our technology platforms by using cutting-edge technologies
- You will work closely with Product teams , Clients and other internal stakeholders to design and develop platform features that enable the teams to deliver the core business . This is an exciting opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to a mission-driven organization
- Architectural Ownership: Lead the design of scalable, distributed systems and define the future of our cloud-native architectures
- High-Performance Engineering: Build, review, and maintain mission-critical production systems primarily in Go
- Ci/CD: Help evolve DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
- Operational Excellence: Set the standard for reliability, security, and observability; we don't just ship features, we ensure they perform at scale
- Pragmatic Strategy: Manage technical debt and make high-stakes architectural trade-offs that align with business growth
- Client Solution Design: Act as a bridge between the platform and the customer, designing Proofs-of-Concept (PoCs) and supporting complex integrations
- Technical Mentorship: Cultivate a culture of excellence by leading by example through code reviews, design docs, and hands-on support for global teams
- Our current tech stack includes:
- Frontend: JavaScript, React, TypeScript
- Backend: Go, Python
- Databases: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, and Postgres
- Deployment: GitHub Actions
- Observability: New Relic, Grafana
- Infrastructure: AWS services, GCP
Our take
AI and machine learning continue to advance, yet many AI disruptors lack the ability to process and label the voluminous amount of data required to feed complex AI and machine learning algorithms. CloudFactory’s WorkStreams combine people and technology to deliver high-quality data to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes.
CloudFactory sets itself apart by creating economic and leadership opportunities for talented people in developing nations. Delivery centres in Nepal and Kenya have become anchors within their communities, which drive economic and social impact. CloudFactory processes millions of tasks a day for companies including Microsoft, GoSpotCheck, Hummingbird Technologies, Ibotta, and Luminar.
The company is poised for tremendous growth across many industry verticals where AI technology continues to grow rapidly. Moving forward, Cloudfactory is focusing on scaling operations whilst continuing to deliver high-quality data work for its global customers. To do so, it is planning to invest in workforce development, global market awareness and technology advancement. Regarding the latter, CloudFactory launched Accelerated Annotation in 2023, an AI-powered annotation tool that maximises efficiency, exemplifying its continued forward movement in product development.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2019
$65m
EARLY VC
May 2017
$7.3m
SERIES B
Total funding: $78m
Leadership
Mark Sears
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Mark is also the Founder of Sprout AI Studio where they serve as the CEO and co-founder of CC.
Kevin Johnston
(CEO)Prior to joining CloudFactory in 2023, Kevin spent 3 years at AgileThought as CRO and COO. Before that, they spent 3 years at DXC Technology as a Chief Sales & Revenue Officer.
Karen Cambray
(CFO)Prior to joining CloudFactory in 2024, Karen was the CFO at Invaluable and Cartera Commerce. They also spent over 5 years at Tamr as the CFO & COO.
David Hadsell
(CRO)David is also the Founder of May River Advisory and is a Member of the Board of Advisors at Catalyst Solutions. Previously, they were an Executive VP at Gainwell Technologies as well as a VP of Global Healthcare at DXC Technology.
James Haring
(COO)Prior to joining CloudFactory in 2024, James was a Chief Information Officer of Innovation & Transformation at MV Transportation. They also spent 11 years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in various VP roles.
Ajai Sharma
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Ajai previously co-founded Holomorphic AI Labs where they served as the CEO for nearly 3 years. Before that, they were the Head of Product (Deep Learning SageMaker) at Amazon Web Services and an Expert in AI/Deep Learning Product at McKinsey & Company.
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