Cloud platform engineer

WRITER; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO, plus company holidays

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Paid parental leave for 12 weeks

Fertility and family planning support

Early-detection cancer testing

Competitive pension scheme

Annual work-life stipends

Competitive compensation and company stock options

Company stock options

Job summary

A forward-thinking tech company in Greater London is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to establish and lead their cloud platform team. The role entails architecting multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure while ensuring scalable designs for multi-tenant systems. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years in cloud engineering, 3 years in leadership roles, and a strong background in security and multi-tenant architectures. This position offers competitive compensation and robust benefits for UK full-time employees.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering or related role.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Extensive experience with AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Proficient in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Deep experience with multi-tenant architectures.
• Proficient in Python, Go, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the cloud platform team.
• Architect and implement multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Design scalable, distributed systems.
• Define best practices for automated infrastructure.
• Monitor and optimize tenant isolation and security.
• Create environment lifecycle automation for dev/qa/demo environments.
• Design cross-region capabilities and active-active deployments.
• Develop tenant migration and pod management solutions.
• Collaborate with development teams on tenant requirements.
• Implement infrastructure as code for region-level deployments.
• Monitor and optimize tenant isolation and security.
• Document tenant management processes and best practices.
• Stay current with trends in multi-tenant architectures.
• Participate in on-call rotation for platform services.
• Mentor and grow the cloud platform team.
• CI/CD deployment automation; Kubernetes infra for multi-tenant workloads.
• Drive infrastructure cost optimization.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

Team leadership

Multi-tenant architecture

Infrastructure as code

Python

Kubernetes

Agile development

Technical communication

Ownership & initiative

Security focus

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Overview

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WRITER is experiencing an incredible market moment as generative AI has taken the world by storm. We’re looking for a cloud platform engineer to establish our cloud platform team, focusing on building and scaling our multi‑cloud architecture across AWS, GCP and Azure regions. In this founding role, you’ll architect and implement highly scalable systems that handle complex multi‑tenant workloads while ensuring proper tenant isolation and security.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the cloud platform team
• Architect and implement multi‑cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP and Azure regions
• Design and build highly scalable, distributed systems for multi‑tenant workloads
• Define and implement best practices for automated infrastructure across cloud providers
• Architect and implement tenant isolation mechanisms to ensure data security and compliance
• Create and manage environment lifecycle automation for dev/qa/demo environments
• Design and implement cross‑region capabilities and active‑active deployments
• Develop tenant migration and pod management solutions
• Collaborate with development teams to understand tenant requirements and constraints
• Implement infrastructure as code for region‑level deployments
• Monitor and optimize tenant isolation and security
• Document tenant management processes and best practices
• Stay current with industry trends in multi‑tenant architectures
• Participate in on‑call rotation for critical platform services
• Contribute to technical decisions around tenant isolation and region management
• Mentor and grow the cloud platform team
• Implement and maintain deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines
• Design and optimize Kubernetes infrastructure for multi‑tenant workloads
• Drive infrastructure cost optimization and efficiency

Qualifications

• Have 8+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering or related role (site reliability engineering)
• Have 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams
• Are passionate about building secure, scalable multi‑tenant platforms
• Have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Are proficient in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Have deep experience with multi‑tenant architectures and tenant isolation
• Can write clean, maintainable code in Python, Go, or similar languages
• Understand containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Have proven experience with cross‑region deployments and active‑active architectures
• Are comfortable working with multiple development teams
• Can communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Take ownership of projects and drive them to completion
• Are excited about building automated infrastructure solutions
• Have a strong focus on security and tenant isolation
• Are comfortable with on‑call responsibilities
• Have experience with agile development methodologies
• Have experience establishing new teams and best practices
• Can balance technical leadership with hands‑on implementation
• Are excited about solving complex distributed systems challenges
• Have experience with multi‑cloud architectures and hybrid deployments

Benefits & Perks (UK Full‑time Employees)

• Generous PTO, plus company holidays
• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)
• Fertility and family planning support
• Early‑detection cancer testing through Galleri
• Competitive pension scheme and company contribution
• Annual work‑life stipends for Home office setup, cell phone, internet; Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training; Learning and development stipend
• Company‑wide off‑sites and team off‑sites
• Competitive compensation and company stock options