Senior Cloud Engineer - Global Scale (Remote)

Chess.com; Spain; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chess.com is hiring a Cloud Engineer to scale our multi-regional infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps. You will optimize performance across Golang and TypeScript code, design resilient systems, and operate a bare-metal Rancher-managed Kubernetes fleet while integrating cloud services and ensuring rapid feature delivery.

You will collaborate with global teams, implement IaC practices, and improve observability with modern stacks like Prometheus and Tempo.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems in high-traffic environments.
• Expert-level Kubernetes knowledge including cluster deployment and advanced orchestration patterns.
• Terraform for managing complex cloud and Kubernetes resources in production.
• Strong programming skills in Golang and TypeScript for infrastructure and tooling.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems design and failure modes.
• Experience with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) and cost optimization.
• Proficiency with GitOps and CI/CD with modern deployment automation.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools for high-scale environments.
• Strong Linux systems administration and performance optimization skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication in globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize cloud-native infrastructure to support millions of concurrent chess games across global regions.
• Lead performance optimization by analyzing Golang and TypeScript codebases to resolve bottlenecks.
• Design multi-regional resilient systems handling scale challenges across dozens of regions.
• Run and evolve private Kubernetes cloud on bare-metal with Rancher management.
• Execute incident response and drive operational excellence for critical infrastructure.
• Develop high-performance integration patterns for distributed systems with large data volumes.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement cloud service integration best practices.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for automated deployments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitOps (ArgoCD) for reliable delivery.
• Monitor and enhance observability with Prometheus, Mimir, ES, Vector and Tempo.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Golang

TypeScript

GitOps

Cloud platforms

Observability

Linux

Distributed systems

Communication

Tools

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Mimir

Tempo

Vector

Elasticsearch

Job description

Chess.com is hiring a Cloud Engineer to scale our multi-regional infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps. You will optimize performance across Golang and TypeScript code, design resilient systems, and operate a bare-metal Rancher-managed Kubernetes fleet while integrating cloud services and ensuring rapid feature delivery.

You will collaborate with global teams, implement IaC practices, and improve observability with modern stacks like Prometheus and Tempo.