Senior Engineer Software - Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote (Must be based anywhere in the Czech Republic) 

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.  

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. 

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Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.

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Cloud Software Engineer 

As a Cloud Software Engineer, you will drive complex tools and processes surrounding our AWS cloud infrastructure that supports our Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Payroll and HR products across multiple development, staging, and production environments. You will assist and guide product development teams as they leverage AWS services, and partner with other infrastructure and cloud teams to design and improve processes that empower teams to work faster and more efficiently.

You will act as a point of contact and liaison to many teams (particularly software development, security, and infrastructure) to: coordinate the implementation of new cloud resources and environments; upgrade existing systems; troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure issues; and implement security measures to keep our cloud infrastructure secure, scalable, and performing optimally. 

Who you are: 

You're a cloud enthusiast who thrives on building and optimizing AWS infrastructure. You enjoy solving complex problems and have a passion for automation that makes systems more reliable and scalable. You're someone who can translate technical concepts across teams and believes in continuously improving architecture and processes. 

• Enthusiastic about automating cloud infrastructure and processes that make it fast and easy for our software developers to provide great software to our customers 
• Likes interacting with and guiding other teams to ensure they are enabled to do the work they need to do 
• An advocate for good architecture, design patterns and best practices in cloud infrastructure 
• Detail-oriented, collaborative, self-motivated, and responsible 

During the first six months, you will: 

• Onboard to Paylocity’s custom-built internal platforms designed for hybrid connectivity, cloud security, and specialized workload management between our on-premises infrastructure and AWS cloud environment 
• Learn how we leverage AWS Organizations and Control Tower to manage our multi-account strategy, implement governance, ensure security compliance, and streamline account provisioning across our AWS environment  
• Learn our internal environments, process and change management frameworks, while proactively contributing ideas and improvements to optimize systems, operations and developer productivity 
• Learn and contribute to our strategic roadmap and team goals while recognizing and surfacing risks/unknowns to ensure work remains aligned with our broader organizational objectives 
• Support, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and services 
• Perform code reviews and provide consistent, useful and constructive feedback 
• Provide support to our engineering community, responding to support requests as they come in. 

Required Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree or 5 years' experience implementing cloud solutions and maintaining Public Cloud services and resources 
• Previous experience of 3+ years with AWS 
• Ability to understand a variety of complex architectures 
• A natural problem solver who can quickly understand, troubleshoot, and remediate complex problems in cloud environments 
• Experience with improving Developer Experience by automating and ensuring any gaps and bottlenecks are addressed 
• Demonstrated ability to develop and code solutions that automate manual or repetitive tasks, reducing the need for human intervention 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including creating documentation for consumption by Software Development end users using tools such as Confluence 
• Knowledge of git version control systems and GitHub, with experience managing collaborative workflows and pull request processes 
• Must have a strong sense of curiosity 
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment, as well as to communicate and collaborate with software development teams, infrastructure teams, and leadership 

Technical Experience: 

Experience and advanced proficiency with some of the technologies we use: 

• AWS Services: Control Tower, IAM, EC2, EKS, lambda, Organizations, S3 
• Code: C#, .NET Framework, Node, Python, TypeScript 
• Scripting Tools: Bash, PowerShell, Python 
• SCM: GitHub 
• OS: Linux and Windows 
• Infrastructure-as-Code: CloudFormation, AWS CDK 
• CI/CD: TeamCity, Octopus Deploy 
• Telemetry: AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail, Datadog, OpenTelemetry 

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer.

Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact leavebenefits@paylocity.com.

This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a pension match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business. 

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