Principal Cloud Architect - Professional Services

We are looking for a Principal Cloud Architect at Pulumi to join our Professional Services team to be at the forefront of cloud innovation, working with the world's most forward-thinking organizations to transform their infrastructure practices. You'll have the opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking, driving meaningful business outcomes for our clients while contributing to the broader cloud community.

As a thought leader and technical expert, you will architect, design, and implement sophisticated cloud solutions using Pulumi's Infrastructure as Code platform while mentoring teams and shaping the future of cloud infrastructure practices. You will be a leader in our professional services organization building the practice to deliver solutions that exactly meet the needs of our customers and align to the strategic goals of Pulumi. You will be a leader in our professional services organization building the practice to deliver solutions that exactly meet the needs of our customers and align to the strategic goals of Pulumi.

Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA. This role is 100% remote targeted for the Pacific Time zone with travel up to 25%. We are committed to our remote workforce and building a cohesive team.

In this job, you will:

Client Engagement & Architecture - Lead cloud transformation projects for enterprise and digital-native clients by designing secure, scalable multi-cloud architectures and migration strategies, and presenting solutions to executives to guide critical decisions.

Infrastructure as Code Leadership - Build reusable components, frameworks and governance models while serving as a Pulumi expert, driving adoption of IaC best practices and GitOps workflows. 

Technical Delivery & Development - Deliver high code quality and reliability infrastructure solutions, trouble shoot complex challenges, build automation and contribute to Pulumi’s open-source community.

Thought Leadership & Mentoring - Through content, talks and technical workshops you will mentor and guide architects and engineers; fostering knowledge and sharing continuous learning.

Practice Development - Key contributor to the continuous growth of professional services including the creation of offerings, patterns and practices aligned to the strategic direction of the company. 

Business Development Support - Partner in pre-sales discussions, proposals, and solution design to build ongoing relationships with technical stakeholders to support growth.

To be successful in this role, you have: 

• 8+ years of professional services, consulting, or client-facing technical roles with a track record of delivering complex enterprise engagements
• 5+ years of hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience with strong proficiency in Pulumi (preferred) or familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, or similar tools.
• 10+ years of hands-on cloud architecture and engineering experience
• Deep expertise across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience hybrid and multi-cloud architectures
• Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or C#
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills, managing multiple concurrent client projects
• Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and governance
• Demonstrated thought leadership through speaking, writing, or open-source contributions; translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GCP Professional Cloud Architect)
• Experience with Pulumi Cloud, Pulumi ESC, or Pulumi Deployments
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Experience with observability platforms (Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus/Grafana)
• Understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP)
• Previous experience at a technology vendor or consulting firm

Compensation:

• Base Salary Hiring Range: $195,000 to $225,000
• This role will include a 20% commission/variable along with base salary. 
• All full time employee offers at Pulumi include base salary, bonus/variable/commission, equity and benefits (details below).

Benefits & Perks at Pulumi:

Health & Wellness:
We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance at no cost to U.S. employees. Internationally, we comply with local healthcare requirements and provide regionally appropriate coverage.

Time Off:
Our unlimited PTO policy encourages balance and rest — and we require employees to take at least three weeks off annually, plus 13 U.S. holidays.

401(k):
U.S. employees are eligible for a 401(k) plan with an employer match to support long-term financial wellness.

Parental Leave:
We provide 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents or primary caregivers, and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents or secondary caregivers.

Remote-First Culture:
Pulumi has been fully remote since 2020, with teammates across 20+ U.S. states and 12+ countries. We support flexible work with asynchronous collaboration and an annual “work from anywhere” stipend.

Professional Development:
Every employee receives an annual learning and development budget to support growth, learning, and career goals.

Equity Ownership:
We believe in acting like owners. All employees receive equity and are empowered to think big, move fast, and build the future of cloud together.

Additional Support:
We offer a monthly wellness fund to support mental and physical well-being, and a quarterly happiness fund for team connection or personal use.

About Pulumi:

Pulumi is reimagining how teams build cloud software, enabling developers and infrastructure experts to work better together through a unique combination of programming languages, tools, and systems innovation.

Our flagship infrastructure as code technology is open source and our SaaS product, Pulumi Cloud, provides platform teams, secrets management, and cloud management capabilities, and more. We have pioneered leveraging AI across all of these areas with our LLM-powered Pulumi Copilot to push the boundaries of what's possible. At Pulumi, we dream big, in the pursuit of helping our customers out-innovate and win.

Founded in 2017 by industry veterans with over five decades of combined experience building developer platforms, Pulumi now has a global community of more than 350,000 members and serves over 3,250 customers. Despite our rapid growth, we're still only getting started, and are early in our mission to democratize the cloud. If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance, we want to work with you to accelerate Pulumi's impact.

At Pulumi, we don't just accept difference, we celebrate, support, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our customers. Pulumi is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.