Senior Platform/Cloud Engineer

Job description

About Contour Contour Software has grown from a dozen people to over 2,000 staff across 3 cities, in less than 14 years. As a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., we are proud to be part of a global enterprise software conglomerate that has grown to become one of the top 10 software companies in the world, with employees and customers in 100+ countries. With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers. What started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started! A Senior Platform/Cloud Engineer at Constellation Data Labs architects, designs, and implements scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud solutions to power our real estate data and analytics platform. You will help bridge data engineering and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that our Snowflake-centric data platform integrates seamlessly with our AWS services and .NET-based microservices. Responsibilities: Data & Platform Architecture Help oversee the architecture of our real estate data and analytics pipeline from ingestion to API delivery. Design and implement caching and data access layers that balance warehouse (Snowflake) compute with fast user-facing cache stores (e.g., Redis/ElastiCache). Ensure drill-down and slice-and-dice analytics experiences are performant, scalable, and cost-efficient. Platform Engineering Build and maintain microservices in C#/.NET for data delivery, APIs, and customer-facing applications. Use AWS CDK to provision and manage infrastructure (Lambdas, Step Functions, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SQS, Kinesis, etc.). Develop reusable infrastructure and platform components that accelerate team velocity. Snowflake Integration Design efficient data models (facts, dimensions, aggregates) in Snowflake to support analytics workloads. Implement materialized views, task scheduling, and integrations with AWS services. Partner with data engineering teams to optimize compute, storage, and query performance. Reliability, Security & Cost Optimization Ensure all systems adhere to AWS Well-Architected Framework principles. Continuously monitor performance, availability, and reliability with tools like CloudWatch, Grafana, or QuickSight. Provide input on FinOps practices balancing Snowflake credit usage, cache footprint, and AWS costs. Leadership & Collaboration Lead small project teams, own technical delivery, and mentor engineers on AWS, Snowflake, and .NET best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data engineers, application developers, product) across multiple geographies. Drive clarity between precomputation in Snowflake vs. dynamic computation in cache/microservices to ensure a world-class user experience. Key Experience: 7+ years professional engineering experience, with 5+ in cloud environments. Strong expertise in AWS services : Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/Kinesis, CloudWatch, ElastiCache, OpenSearch. Hands-on experience with Snowflake for data warehousing, modeling, and integration with AWS services. Proficiency in C#/.NET for microservices and API development. Infrastructure-as-Code using AWS CDK (TypeScript, Python, or C#). Experience building scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms with cache + warehouse patterns. Familiarity with RESO standards and real estate data (preferred, not required.). Experience with observability stacks: Grafana, Kibana, QuickSight, or similar. AWS certifications preferred, but not required. Exciting Benefits we offer: Market-leading Salary Medical Coverage – Self & Dependents Parents Medical Coverage Provident Fund Employee Performance-based bonuses Home Internet Subsidy Conveyance Allowance Profit Sharing Plan [Tenured Employees Only] Life Benefit Child Care Facility Company Provided Lunch/Dinner Professional Development Budget Recreational area for in-house games Sporadic On-shore training opportunities Friendly work environment Leave Encashment Disclaimer: At Contour, we attribute our success to the unique contributions of our diverse staff. We’re committed to fostering a culture of respect that thrives on the varied perspectives and experiences of all individuals we recruit, employ, promote, and compensate. Since day one, we’ve adhered to a policy that champions a work environment honoring the worth and dignity of each person while being free from all forms of employment discrimination. In our continuous effort to promote inclusivity, we extend our commitment to individuals with special needs by providing reasonable accommodations. We actively encourage qualified individuals with special needs to apply for the various openings within our company. Should you require assistance in completing the application process or have any inquiries regarding special facilities, please do not hesitate to contact our HR team. Your unique talents and abilities are welcomed and valued here.