Director of Cloud Engineering

Mortgage365 is a rapidly growing Fintech startup dedicated to creating technology that will revolutionize the mortgage industry.

Our customers are lenders looking to leverage the massive amounts of data they collect so they can better streamline their business practices, be more attuned to their borrowers’ long and short-term financial goals and stay competitive in a fast-moving and constantly changing market.

While our tech, built on the Microsoft stack, is already comprehensive and uniquely tuned to the needs of mortgage lenders, we have even higher ambitions : empowering all peoples to unlock wealth through Home Ownership.

We are innovative, hardworking question-askers who are always looking for ways to elevate our teammates and create incredible technology together.

We are looking for an experienced Director of Cloud Engineering to lead and advance our product packaging and deployment capabilities using the latest modern approaches.

In this role, you will be responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining the Mortgage365 cloud platform to ensure our products are secure, reliable and scalable, in a fully productized configuration.

You will also partner with the Product Development and Operations Teams to create the architecture and processes needed to manage code delivery pipelines for development, demo and production environments.

What You’ll Do

• Strategic leadership- Define and execute the overall Cloud Engineering / DevOps Strategy aligned with Mortgage365’s goals and roadmap.
• Spearhead initiatives to increase overall efficiency within the Cloud Engineering team.
• Responsible for leading a team of 3 engineers to design, build, and operationally manage a secure and scalable software.
• Partner with the Head of Engineering to locate gaps within Cloud Engineering and implement solutions by providing clear goals for all areas of the Cloud Engineering team and having accountability for their outcomes.
• Mentor and train other engineers throughout the company to adopt and continually improve best practices.
• Establish and enforce best practices for deployment and monitoring of our SaaS product.
• Oversee after-hours production release events, both scheduled and emergency.
• Responsible for the implementation and documentation of compliance and security standards.
• Manage the resolution of high-severity production incidents where a critical outage may require immediate response time from the team.

Your Background

• Significant experience in working with cloud services, such as Compute, Storage, Networking, Security, etc. in Azure (preferred) or a similar cloud provider
• Hands-on experience deploying and monitoring SaaS products in the cloud. Ideally in a Bring Your Own Cloud / Private cloud environment
• Excellent leadership and team management skills
• Significant experience building native cloud components and services, networking, security and monitoring performance
• Background in organizations that are primarily software product companies with significant understanding of modern SDLC processes and code management practices
• Knowledge of cloud architecture patterns and best practices
• Experience with Microsoft DevOps tools, including Microsoft Azure DevOps, VSTS, CI / CD pipelines for .NET Framework and .

NET Core SaaS products (Linux and Windows) preferred

• Experience / exposure to designing and maintaining configuration and infrastructure as code
• Understanding of software development life cycle, continuous integration and delivery
• Experience creating and maintaining tools and processes for the building, branching, and deployment of Enterprise software solutions
• Knowledge of modern cloud engineering technologies and processes, with some experience or exposure to deploying them within an enterprise development team

We might be a great fit if you also value :

• Being deeply curious about the ways technology can make peoples’ lives better
• Cultivating a growth mindset with a drive to continually improve personally and professionally
• Teamwork and creating connections with your teammates that drive great outputs and encourage personal growth

Compensation & Benefits

The target annual salary for this role performed in the US is $160,000-$180,000. The exact compensation will be determined by the skill and experience of qualified candidates.

Other Benefits Include :

• Hybrid work environment
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• 401K plan
• RTD Pass
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Fully stocked kitchen with snacks, meal items, and beer fridge
• Weekly team lunches and company events
• Access to in-building gym and locker room facilities
• Monthly team fitness challenges with prize(s) for winner(s).
4 days ago