Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer
Posted on August 19, 2025 (about 1 month ago)
About the Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer at Headspace:
At Headspace, we're pushing boundaries with cutting-edge innovations and a relentless focus on reliability, scalability, and purpose-driven impact. As a Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer, you'll lead the charge in refining our cloud strategies, driving technical excellence, and ensuring our infrastructure is secure, efficient, and poised for growth. Join us in transforming the way we approach cloud solutions while advancing your career in a dynamic and meaningful environment where your expertise truly makes a difference.
You will support our efforts to bring innovative features to life, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and ensure our platform's reliability and scalability for over 65 million users. A big goal needs talented leadership, so come join us and give your career a sense of purpose!
Location:
We are currently hiring this role remotely in the US and Hybrid for San Francisco (SF) and Los Angeles (LA). Candidates must permanently reside in the US full-time.
For candidates with a primary residence in the greater SF and LA areas, this role will follow our hybrid model. You’ll work 3 days per week from our office, allowing for impactful in-office collaboration and connection, while enjoying the flexibility of remote work for the rest of the week. Your recruiter will share more details about our hybrid model.
What you will do:
- Provide oversight and challenge to our public cloud strategy, operation, tooling, processes, and requirements
- Influence Headspace’s cloud architecture and design decisions, representing our corporate risk appetite
- Work closely with enterprise architects, product managers, cloud engineers, and to understand our processes and approaches and influence change where appropriate
- Challenge platform architecture and engineering standards and ensure compliance
- Advise on best practices and approaches to implementation
- Provide oversight and challenge to our containerization and serverless strategies and implementations
- Establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to accurately measure and track our public cloud infrastructure’s compliance with our risk appetite
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent
- Deep understanding of AWS services and capability to automate infrastructure provisioning and deliver high-impact projects in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with networking principles and technologies (DNS, Load Balancers, Shared VPCs, VPN Solutions)
- Experience with AWS and GCP architectural principles and key services such as AWS Global infrastructure, VPC, S3, EC2, Route 53, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect
- Infrastructure Automation using Terraform to develop reusable and modular configurations
- Collaboration with compliance, engineering, and data teams to align infrastructure management with application requirements
- Documentation of infrastructure designs, processes, and procedures for stakeholders
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in healthcare
Pay & Benefits:
The anticipated new hire base salary range for this full-time position is $122,400.00-$234,600.00 + equity + benefits.
Our salary ranges are based on job, level, and location within the United States. Individual compensation is determined by location, experience, skills, and education.
At Headspace, base salary is part of a comprehensive Total Rewards package including stock awards, healthcare coverage, wellness stipend, retirement match, membership, parental leave, and more.
About Headspace
Headspace provides access to lifelong mental health support through evidence-based content, clinical care, and technology for millions globally.
Our values include Make the Mission Matter, Iterate to Great, Own the Outcome, and Connect with Courage, shaping our culture and work.
Why You’ll Love Working Here:
- A mission that matters—with impact you can see and feel
- A culture that’s collaborative, inclusive, and grounded in our values
- The chance to shape what mental health care looks like next
- Competitive pay and benefits that support your whole self
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging:
Headspace is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment free of discrimination and harassment. We prohibit discrimination based on protected status in our hiring and workplace.
Applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation according to laws. Assistance is available via a provided form link.
How to Apply
Click the 'Apply' button on the job listing page to submit your application through Headspace's Greenhouse portal. You will need to provide personal details, upload your resume/CV, and optionally a cover letter. The application form includes fields for your work history, visa sponsorship status, and location details.
If you need assistance with the application or interview process due to a disability, Headspace provides support via a specific form linked in the job post.
Further information about privacy and the application process is provided in the job post and on Headspace's applicant notice webpage.