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• Overview

  Discovery is hiring a Cloud Engineer in Portland, ME.

• Role description

  The technology team at Discovery ships on Fridays without flinching, and the Cloud Engineer we hire will understand why that matters. This is $77,000 - $113,000 for 5 years of Presentation Skills, a contract schedule, and a mid-level stake in where Discovery heads next.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Wire up PostgreSQL feature flags so Discovery can test on Portland traffic risk-free
  • Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Discovery
  • Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Helm and Microservices
  • Catch the Amazon EKS race conditions that only surface under Portland peak traffic
  • Pull PostgreSQL telemetry into dashboards Discovery leaders actually open

  What You'll Bring

  • A Portland grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
  • Experience thriving in a hands-dirty, deadline-driven setting like Discovery
  • Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
  • 3 years that taught you which corners can be cut
  • Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener

  The founders of Discovery left bigger companies to build something gloriously-unglamorous in Portland, and technology has been better for it. Mentorship goes both ways at Discovery, and seniority never means having all the answers.

  The Cloud Engineer role earns $77,000 - $113,000 and opens doors to cross-functional projects that accelerate your Observability and Microservices growth.

  The listing got a same-day refresh, so consider it live and ready.

  We can't hire the resume you didn't send, so send it and let's start in Portland.

• Required skills

  • Datadog
  • Service Mesh
  • Apache Kafka
  • Helm
  • Observability
  • CKA Certification
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microservices
  • Amazon EKS
  • Process Improvement
  • Multitasking
  • Presentation Skills

• Benefits & perks

  • Home Office Setup
  • Paternity Leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Fitness class subsidies
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Company Car
  • Paid business travel
  • Retiree medical benefits
  • Childcare subsidies
  • Public transit subsidy
  • Emergency savings program
  • Disability accommodations
  • Gas and mileage reimbursement

• Apply before 2026-09-13

  Submit your application for this Contract technology position.