Senior Cloud Architect

Senior Cloud Application Architect
Location: Remote based in CanadaCompany Overview
Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We're all in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and keep it there.We've earned the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing and more, and earned a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We move fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship.Position Overview
We're looking for a Senior Cloud Application Architect to contribute to the design and delivery of cloud-native applications on AWS, growing into architectural ownership while staying close to the code. This is a role for someone who enjoys hands-on development and wants to sharpen the judgment that comes from designing services, APIs, and event flows that have to run reliably in production. You'll help decompose systems into well-bounded services, shape serverless and container-based deployments, and make the day-to-day calls that keep applications scalable, secure, and maintainable.In this role, you will work as a delivery-embedded contributor on a cross-functional team building real systems for real clients. You'll collaborate closely with senior architects, engineers, and product partners to translate requirements into sound application architecture, implement infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines, and integrate AI services where they add value. Along the way you'll develop the technical instincts that come from shipping things that matter and learn to weigh tradeoffs across cost, performance, resilience, and team velocity.Why This Role Matters
At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a human world. Our name says it all. Robots and pencils means engineering paired with creativity, because every agent we ship has to work for real people in real workflows. That balance is baked into how we operate.Every role here contributes directly to that mission. Here, you shape how AI systems integrate into enterprise operations, how teams move at real velocity, and how products create measurable impact for clients and the people they serve. We ship production-ready AI in 30 to 45 days. That pace demands people who take ownership, lead with craft, and care deeply about what they put their name on.What You'll Do
Craft & Delivery
Contribute to the design of cloud-native applications, helping define service boundaries, API contracts, and data flows on AWSBuild and deploy microservices and serverless functions using containers and managed computeImplement event-driven patterns and asynchronous messaging between servicesDesign and implement APIs across protocols and gatewaysSupport infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines that make deployments repeatable and safeImplement observability, scalability, and resilience practices so applications stay healthy under loadApply AWS Well-Architected practices for security, reliability, and cost across the services you buildBuild and integrate AI and LLM services into cloud applications, including RAG and inference workflowsBring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude, Cursor, and other modern AI assistants to ship higher-quality work at paceCollaborate & Communication
Collaborate with engineers, data, AI, and product teams to translate requirements into sound application architectureCommunicate technical tradeoffs and design decisions clearly across functionsMaintain architecture and API documentation that supports reproducibility, onboarding, and shared understandingParticipate actively in design and code reviews, raising concerns and offering constructive feedbackLeadership & Influence
Take ownership of system components end-to-end with growing scope of architectural responsibilityContribute to architectural standards and best practices that lift the quality of work across the teamBegin mentoring more junior engineers, sharing knowledge and supporting their growthWhat You'll Bring
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with hands-on experience designing cloud-native applicationsWorking knowledge of a cloud platform and cloud-native application patterns, with AWS preferredProficiency in at least one backend language and familiarity with another (e.G., Python, TypeScript, Java, Go)Experience building microservices, serverless functions, and event-driven systemsFamiliarity with containers and orchestrationExperi
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