About TripleLift
We're TripleLift, an advertising platform on a mission to elevate digital advertising through beautiful creative, quality publishers, actionable data and smart targeting. Through over 1 trillion monthly ad transactions, we help publishers and platforms monetize their businesses. Our technology is where the world's leading brands find audiences across online video, connected television, display and native ads. Brand and enterprise customers choose us because of our innovative solutions, premium formats, and supportive experts dedicated to maximizing their performance.
As part of the Vista Equity Partners portfolio, we are NMSDC certified, qualify for diverse spending goals and are committed to economic inclusion. Find out how TripleLift raises up the programmatic ecosystem at triplelift.com.
The Role
TripleLift is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to help shape the infrastructure that underpins one of adtech's most sophisticated programmatic platforms. This role is built for a technically deep, hands-on architect who can move fluidly between designing elegant cloud solutions and rolling up their sleeves to bring them to life.
You'll work at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and security—partnering with cross-functional teams to design systems that are scalable, resilient, and built for the demands of real-time bidding at massive scale. If you're energized by hard infrastructure problems, passionate about cloud-native design, and eager to leave a lasting technical mark on a high-growth platform, this is your seat at the table.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver cloud architecture solutions on AWS that meet the performance, reliability, and security requirements of TripleLift's exchange and data platforms
- Develop and maintain architectural standards, patterns, and reference designs that engineering teams can build confidently against
- Partner with Platform, Security, and Data Engineering teams to assess infrastructure needs and translate them into actionable, scalable designs
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of new cloud services and technologies, providing clear recommendations grounded in technical and business context
- Drive infrastructure as code practices using Terraform or equivalent, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and auditability across environments
- Collaborate with DevOps and Engineering teams to integrate cloud architecture best practices into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
- Conduct architectural reviews and design critiques, providing substantive, constructive feedback that raises the bar across the team
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and cost inefficiencies in existing and proposed cloud systems
- Support cloud security and compliance efforts, including IAM design, network segmentation, encryption strategies, and adherence to SOC2 and PCI standards
- Mentor engineers on cloud-native design principles and serve as a go-to resource for complex infrastructure decisions
What You Bring
- 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering, with at least 3 years focused on cloud architecture
- Expert-level proficiency with AWS and its core services (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFront, and beyond)
- Strong command of infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred) and modern CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions or equivalent)
- Experience designing for high-throughput, low-latency workloads—adtech, fintech, or media platform experience is a meaningful plus
- Solid understanding of cloud security principles, including network architecture, IAM, secrets management, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI, NIST CSF)
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or systems language (Python, Go, or similar) for automation and tooling
- Strong architectural intuition with the ability to weigh tradeoffs across performance, cost, complexity, and maintainability
- Clear, confident communicator who can engage equally well with engineers and business stakeholders
- Self-directed and comfortable driving work forward with limited oversight in a fast-moving environment
- A continuous learner who keeps a close eye on the evolving cloud landscape and brings that knowledge back to the team
- Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- Flexible PTO
- 401k w/ employer match
*Full-time employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits (subject to the terms of applicable plans/policies/agreements, which will be made available to you after commencing employment).
Life at TripleLift
At TripleLift, we’re a team of great people who like who they work with and want to make everyone around them better. This means being positive, collaborative, and compassionate. We hustle harder than the competition and are continuously innovating.
Learn more about TripleLift and our culture by visiting our LinkedIn Life page.
Establishing People, Culture and Community Initiatives
At TripleLift, we are committed to building a culture where people feel connected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We invest in our people and foster a workplace that encourages curiosity, celebrates shared values, and promotes meaningful connections across teams and communities. We want to ensure the best talent of every background, viewpoint, and experience has an opportunity to be hired, belong, and develop at TripleLift. Through our People, Culture, and Community initiatives, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and feel a true sense of belonging.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering
- 3+ years focused on cloud architecture
- Expert-level proficiency with AWS core services
- Strong command of infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
- Experience designing for high-throughput workloads
- Solid understanding of cloud security principles
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or systems language
- Ability to weigh tradeoffs across performance, cost, complexity
- Clear communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Self-directed and comfortable in fast-moving environment
- A continuous learner about the evolving cloud landscape
TripleLift Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about TripleLift and has not been reviewed or approved by TripleLift.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation and stock option grants are described as meaningful parts of total compensation and are frequently appreciated. Equity is noted alongside bonuses as a valuable upside that contributes to overall satisfaction.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO, paid holidays and sick days, monthly mental health days, and a one‑month sabbatical after five years illustrate a generous time‑off offering. These policies are portrayed as supporting work‑life balance and wellbeing.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, FSAs, and company‑paid disability insurance are positioned as competitive. Access to wellbeing resources such as Headspace and other programs further bolsters the benefits package.
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What We Do
TripleLift is redefining digital advertising by delivering innovative, high-quality ad experiences that create real connections. By combining cutting-edge creative technology, actionable data, advanced targeting, and premium inventory, we empower publishers and brands to discover new opportunities, achieve measurable outcomes, and engage audiences seamlessly across every platform.
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