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    Staff Cloud Platform Engineer (Remote - US)

    Nextech
    ~$126,525 - $234,975Market Estimate
    Remote
    Full-Time
    Senior (7+ yrs)
    Engineering & Development
    Posted on October 22, 2026
    Job Summary

    The Staff Cloud Platform Engineer role combines Staff-level Cloud Engineering and DevOps leadership to deliver and standardize scalable, resilient, and secure platform capabilities across teams. By architecting reusable automation, cloud patterns, CI/CD integrations, and observability standards, this role improves delivery quality and velocity while strengthening reliability, security, and cost efficiency for Nextech products used by our customers.

    All activities must be in compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity laws, HIPAA, ERISA and other regulations, as appropriate.

    Essential Functions

    In addition to working in accordance with appropriate conduct and behavioral standards, specific responsibilities of this role include:

  1. Own delivery of platform solutions across teams and systems, aligning technical direction with business goals and customer impact.
  2. Lead standardization of cloud platform patterns and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enforcing reviews, reusable modules, and testing to improve consistency and reduce operational risk.
  3. Lead CI/CD implementations and integrations across multiple teams to raise delivery quality and velocity, enabling faster and more reliable delivery of customer value.
  4. Design scalable, multi-region architectures and resilient global networking patterns that improve availability, recoverability, and performance for customers.
  5. Embed security and compliance by design across infrastructure and delivery tooling, driving secure baselines, hardening, and risk-based controls that protect customer data.
  6. Drive telemetry and observability strategy, including meaningful SLOs and actionable alerts, to improve reliability, troubleshooting speed, and overall customer experience.
  7. Influence cost planning and guardrails through tagging, monitoring, and automation to support efficient operations and sustainable customer outcomes.
  8. Coach and mentor engineers, providing technical leadership, raising engineering standards, and helping teams scale platform practices effectively.
  9. Communicate effectively across engineering and stakeholders, influencing decisions and resolving cross-team conflicts to align toward shared outcomes.
    10. Minimum Requirements
  10. 7+ years in software and/or infrastructure engineering roles.
  11. 5+ years in Cloud/DevOps or platform-focused engineering.
  12. Expertise in Azure or AWS.
  13. Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction to engineers and lead delivery across teams under ambiguity.
  14. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and scripting/automation.
  15. Expertise with secure CI/CD platforms and delivery tooling.
  16. Proven experience leading high availability/disaster recovery designs, hybrid networking, and secure cloud baselines across teams.
  17. Experience with Agile practices and version control systems
    18. Preferred Qualifications
  18. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  19. Advanced cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure) and/or multi-cloud expertise.
  20. Demonstrated leadership in platform standardization and org-wide observability.
    21. Working Environment/Physical Demands
  21. 100% Remote
  22. Activities require a significant amount of work in front of a computer monitor
  23. Long-distance or air travel as needed – not to exceed 10% travel.
  24. This job will require on call support outside of regular business hours
    25. Total Rewards:
    Generous annual bonus opportunity
    401(k) with Employer Match
    Flexible Time Off: take time off when you need it without worrying about available hours
    11 paid holidays
    Your Day Your Way - Celebrate a day of cultural or social significance to you
    Access to Linkedin Learning courses for professional development
    Insurance: Choice of Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
    Health Savings Account with employer match
    Flexible Spending Account
    100% Company-Paid Parental leave (After 6 months with the company)
    Company-Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
    Nextech Luminary Peer Recognition Program
    Employee Assistance Program with free counseling sessions available
    Corporate Discounts on Retail, Travel, and Entertainment

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    Company:  Nextech

    Specialty healthcare technology provider offering EHR, practice management, payments, AI, RCM and patient experience solutions.
    501-1000 employees
    Healthcare & Life Sciences
    HQ: United States
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