Senior Specialist - Cloud Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production-grade Go services, including HTTP APIs and CLI applications.
• Develop concurrent Go applications using proper context, timeout, and deadline management.
• Implement distributed-system patterns, including distributed locking, leases, and fencing.
• Build and operate applications on GCP Cloud Run.
• Configure and manage IAM roles and service accounts following secure access practices.
• Design and implement Firestore transactions, queries, and indexes.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform in production environments.
• Implement authentication and authorization using:
  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenID Connect (OIDC)
  • JWT validation
  • JWKS
  • Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)
• Configure and support Cloud Armor and load-balancer routing rules.
• Manage VPC networking, egress controls, and Private Service Connect.
• Support container security practices, including:
  • Container image vulnerability triage
  • DLP scanning
  • Approved base-image policies
• Implement observability solutions using Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring.
• Design effective alerts and participate in production incident response.
• Build and maintain containerized applications using Dockerfiles and Cloud Native Buildpacks.
• Work with language manifests, dependency files, and application-version parsing.
• Develop lightweight frontend interfaces using TypeScript/JavaScript and CSS without dependency on a major frontend framework.
• Apply design-token systems, accessibility standards, and contrast testing.
• Work with Astro or a comparable static-site generator.
• Maintain strong npm dependency hygiene and address dependency risks.
• Develop comprehensive automated tests, including Go table-driven tests and integration tests against emulators.
• Create clear, polished, user-facing product documentation and technical documentation.

Required Technical Skills

Backend & Software Engineering

• Advanced Go / Golang
• HTTP services and APIs
• CLI development
• Concurrency
• Go context, timeouts, and deadlines
• Distributed locking, lease, and fencing patterns

Google Cloud Platform

• Cloud Run
• IAM
• Service Accounts
• Firestore
• Cloud Logging
• Cloud Monitoring
• Cloud Armor
• Load Balancing
• VPC Networking
• Private Service Connect
• Identity-Aware Proxy

Security & Identity

• OAuth 2.0
• OIDC
• JWT
• JWKS
• Container image vulnerability management
• DLP scanning
• Secure/approved base-image policies
• Network egress controls

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Terraform
• Docker
• Cloud Native Buildpacks
• Production infrastructure management
• Container build systems
• Monitoring, alerting, and incident response

Frontend

• TypeScript / JavaScript
• CSS
• Design tokens
• Web accessibility and contrast testing
• Astro or similar static-site generators
• npm dependency management

Testing

• Go table-driven testing
• Integration testing
• Emulator-based testing

Soft Skills

• Strong written English communication skills.
• Ability to produce clear user-facing and technical documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting and production incident-response capabilities.
• Ability to work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, security, and DevOps areas.

Location: Mexico

Work Model: TBC

Hiring Model: FTE

Client: Home Depot

rate: TBC