The Cloud Posse referral program
Introduce a team.
Earn up to $5,000.
Know a team that could use our help? Connect them with Cloud Posse and earn 10% of collected service fees from their first paid assessment or consulting project.
One warm introduction. We handle the conversation.
Good connections deserve a thank-you
10%
of their first qualifying project,
up to $5,000 per new client.
For example
$24,000
Paid assessment
$2,400
Your referral reward
Illustrative reward after full payment. USD. Eligibility and program terms below.
A simple introduction goes a long way.
No portal. No referral codes.
- 01
Make the introduction
Get their permission, then connect us by email. Tell us a little about the team and what they need.
- 02
We take it from here
We confirm referral eligibility in writing, meet the team, and work out the right engagement.
- 03
Get rewarded
When the client pays, you earn 10% of qualifying fees, up to $5,000. We pay as funds clear.
Problems we help solve
We help teams bring order to Terraform, standardize delivery, and scale their infrastructure. Our experience spans Terraform, OpenTofu, AWS, and Kubernetes.
Terraform is hard to change
We untangle modules, state, and dependencies. The team gets code it can understand and change with confidence.
Infrastructure is still managed by hand
We bring existing infrastructure into Terraform or OpenTofu. The team gets repeatable changes tracked in version control.
Every team does things differently
We build shared CI/CD workflows with approval gates and preview environments. Teams can test and review changes before production.
IaC is getting harder to scale
We organize code, configuration, and deployments across accounts and environments. The team can add services without copying entire stacks.
We can help with one problem or a larger project. The team gets working systems and the knowledge to run them.
Who to introduce
Know someone facing these problems?
Introduce a founder, engineering leader, or platform team that could use our help. We'll talk with them and work out the right next step.
- An infrastructure project that keeps slipping
- A capable team stretched too thin
- Growth that has outpaced the platform
- Releases that take too much manual work
Start with an email
Put us in the same thread.
Ask if they'd like an introduction, email them with Erik in CC, and tell us what they're working on. Use the template to get started.
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The details, upfront
Referral questions & terms
Rewards apply to the first qualifying project only. We confirm eligibility in writing and pay as client payments clear, within 30 days once we have your payout details.
Who can make a referral?
Customers, community members, consultants, and people who know a team that could use our help. Please get the contact's permission before making an introduction. Self-referrals and paid referrals of your own employer are excluded; unpaid introductions are always welcome.
Can I refer my employer?
Yes, as an unpaid introduction. To avoid conflicts of interest, we don't pay referral fees for introductions to your own employer. Please follow your employer's conflict-of-interest, gifts, and procurement policies.
Do I need to disclose the referral fee?
Cloud Posse covers the referral fee at no additional cost to the client. You decide how to communicate that arrangement with the prospect, while following any disclosure requirements, professional obligations, or employer policies that apply to you.
What makes a referral eligible?
The company must be a new client without an active sales opportunity with Cloud Posse. The first eligible introduction we accept in writing receives attribution. The client must sign within 12 months of that acceptance.
Which fees count toward the reward?
Collected service fees for the first paid assessment or consulting project. Taxes, reimbursed expenses, third-party costs, and refunds are excluded. The total reward is capped at $5,000 USD per new client.
Do follow-on projects or subscriptions count?
No. Separately contracted follow-on implementation, renewals, support retainers, and Atmos Pro subscriptions are excluded. If the first engagement is an assessment, the reward applies to that assessment.
When will I get paid?
We pay proportionally within 30 days of cleared client payments and receipt of the required payout details. For a $24,000 assessment paid in two equal installments, each cleared installment earns $1,200, up to a total of $2,400 for that assessment. We arrange payment directly with you.
What if the program changes?
Changes apply to future referrals. The terms confirmed when we accept your introduction apply to that referral. Email us if you have questions before making an introduction.
Have someone in mind?
Email your contact and copy Erik on the introduction.