Staff Cloud Engineer

Benefits

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Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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• Surrogacy assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Staff Plus From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

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About this role

Staff Cloud Engineer Chicago, IL, United States About the Team: Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and solve technical problems at a scale few companies ever experience. The Cloud Engineering team builds and operates the infrastructure platform that powers Grindr globally. We own AWS architecture, Kubernetes platforms, infrastructure automation, developer enablement, and the cloud standards that product engineering teams build on every day. As a Staff Cloud Engineer, you'll help shape the technical direction of Grindr's cloud infrastructure platform. You'll partner closely with engineering teams across the company to define scalable infrastructure patterns, improve developer experience, and evolve the systems that support millions of users globally. This is a high-ownership role at a pivotal moment. As Grindr accelerates its AI-native roadmap, infrastructure becomes a strategic advantage - enabling rapid experimentation, global scale, and high-availability systems that serve millions of users every day. At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode: moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives. This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago office and requires in-office collaboration Tuesdays and Thursdays. About the Job: - Architect, document, and evolve Grindr's cloud infrastructure platform across AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform - establishing the standards and patterns engineering teams build on - Design and implement scalable

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