What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Services Engineer position at Cinnamon Inc.?
Job Title: Cloud Services Engineer
Location: Remote-first (optional on-site in Seattle, WA)
Job Type: Full-time
About Us
Cinnamon is a forward-thinking healthcare technology company dedicated to improving patient advocacy through secure, cloud-native solutions. We automate critical workflows that help patient advocates secure financial assistance for medical expenses efficiently and securely. Our mission is to expand healthcare accessibility while maintaining the highest standards of security, compliance, and interoperability with leading EHR systems.
Role Summary
We are seeking a Cloud Services Engineer to design, build, and maintain production-grade, cloud-native APIs and backend services on GCP. This role focuses on service and API development, not ETL or data pipelines. The ideal candidate:
- Has professional experience developing and owning production services.
- Is comfortable working in Golang (preferred) or another strongly typed language (C#, Rust).
- Has hands-on experience deploying to GCP, including Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub.
- Can contribute to scalable, compliant infrastructure connecting with healthcare platforms like Epic, Meditech, or payer exchanges.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy secure, cloud-native APIs and backend services on GCP.
- Develop backend systems primarily in Golang, or another strongly typed language.
- Build integrations with internal services and external healthcare systems using FHIR, HL7, or other interoperability standards.
- Ensure secure communication with VPNs, TLS, VPCs, and implement authentication mechanisms like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and mTLS.
- Maintain relational database layers in PostgreSQL or similar.
- Apply secure development practices: IAM role restrictions, secrets management, vulnerability scanning.
- Contribute to containerization and CI/CD pipelines using Docker and GCP-native tools.
- Ensure services meet HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST compliance standards.
Required Qualifications
- Experience building and owning production APIs or backend services.
- 6 months of hands-on Go experience, or 4 years in another strongly typed language.
- 6 months of deploying containerized or serverless services in GCP, AWS, or Azure (Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, or equivalent).
- 6 months of PostgreSQL experience, or 2 years with any relational database.
- Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and secure networking/API security.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills; comfortable in a startup environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Exposure to healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, X12) and EHR integration (Epic, Meditech, Cerner).
- Experience in regulated industries (healthcare preferred) with compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST).
- Familiarity with GCP monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.
- Direct impact on healthcare accessibility and patient advocacy.
How to Apply
Send your resume and a brief cover letter describing your relevant experience to recruiting@cinnamon.health.
