Cloud Engineer, Ikerian
AWS
AI-powered medical R&D
Be an early applicant
AI-powered medical R&D
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To tackle inefficiencies in healthcare with disease specific solutions, improving outcomes for patients.
Role
Who you are
- A demonstrated entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving
- A university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services in a professional setting
- Proficiency with core AWS services, including IAM, S3, KMS, RDS, VPC, ECS, EC2, and more
- Experience working with multi-account and multi-region AWS production environment setups and using IaaC to manage them
- Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, preferably Terraform
- Scripting experience with one or more languages, such as Python, Bash, or Node.js
- Good knowledge of cloud security principles and services, such as AWS WAF, GuardDuty, Config and CloudTrail
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools preferably GitLab
- Experience with software version control and Git
- Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPC, VPC Peering, Subnets, and Load Balancing
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools for cloud environments, such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch, and the ELK stack
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to challenges
- A genuine interest in staying updated with new AWS services and features, integrating advancements into the cloud environment
- Ability to work well in a flexible, startup environment, taking initiative to establish new processes when necessary
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Good listening skills
- Familiarity with industry best practices in cloud architecture principles
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team setting
- Availability to work during Central European Time (CET) business hours
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our team, where you will play a critical role in optimizing our cloud infrastructure to meet our customers’ needs. This position is pivotal to our mission of providing a seamless, secure, and scalable experience on our platform
- Enhance and maintain highly available, secure, and scalable AWS cloud environments and services
- Manage and prioritize tasks in the cloud infrastructure backlog to address immediate needs and plan long-term improvements
- Set up infrastructure monitoring and observability solutions, proactively addressing availability, performance or security issues
- Learn the current infrastructure and take ownership of day to day cloud operational tasks and activities
- Assess new technologies, systems, and services for production readiness, ensuring seamless and stable integration
- Prepare and maintain documentation on cloud processes, procedures, and architectures to ensure clear understanding and team-wide knowledge
- Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles to evaluate and optimize our current infrastructure
- Contribute in out of office hour cloud deployments once or twice a month
- Conduct POCs (proof of concepts) on new AWS services, third-party tools, and technologies to drive continuous improvement in our infrastructure
Our take
The advancement of AI means that medical data can be analysed to predict health risks, enabling proactive care which reduces costs and improves outcomes. Ikerian, formerly RetinAI Medical, is a Swiss digital healthcare firm dedicated to enabling faster and better healthcare decisions.
The company leverages AI to streamline medical image and data management, standardising and analysing multimodal healthcare data. It serves a range of medical sectors, including rare diseases, and has made noteworthy collaborations with industry leaders and major pharma players. In 2024, it made moves into a new market, debuting the discovery platform for ophthalmologists and optometrists.
In 2025, Ikerian was acquired by eyewear and lens multinational EssilorLuxottica, which will utilise its software for its products. Ultimately, the company's vision is to democratise accessible healthcare, leveraging data to address systemic and chronic diseases.
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Company
Company benefits
- A chance to be part of an exceptional team driving innovation in healthcare
- Supportive work environment that fosters work-life balance
- Opportunities for professional growth and development in an international setting
- A culture of collaboration and inclusion, which is fundamental to our ethos
- Occasional travel to our HQ in Switzerland, immersing you in our core operations and company culture
- Provision of hardware and software equipment to facilitate efficient and effective remote work
Company HQ
Mattenhof, Bern, BE
Leadership
Carlos Ciller
(Co-Founder & CEO)Also works as a Startup Trainer and Coach for Venturelab. Previously worked for the Innovation Forum as Director of Global Business Development.
Stefanos Apostolopoulos
(Co-Founder & CTO)Also works as Project Lead at The Open Toolkit Library. Prior to this, was a Doctoral Assistant for the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research.
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