Cloud platform engineer

writer.com; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to establish a new team focused on building and scaling multi-cloud architectures. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies like AWS, GCP, and Azure, while ensuring security and tenant isolation. You'll collaborate with development teams to create automated solutions and optimize infrastructure for efficiency. If you're passionate about solving complex distributed systems challenges and want to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Join a forward-thinking organization that values creativity and innovation in the tech space.

Benefits

Generous PTO

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Paid parental leave (12 weeks)

Fertility and family planning support

Early-detection cancer testing

Competitive pension scheme

Annual work-life stipends

Company-wide off-sites

Competitive compensation

Company stock options

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud platform engineering or related role.
• Experience leading engineering teams and building secure platforms.
• Proficient in multi-cloud architectures and tenant isolation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cloud platform team and architect multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Implement automated solutions for environment management.
• Design scalable systems for multi-tenant workloads.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

Infrastructure as code

Multi-cloud architecture

Python

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Agile methodologies

Tenant isolation

Cross-region deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

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About This Role

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.

As a cloud platform engineer, you'll work closely with our development teams to build robust, automated solutions for environment buildout, tenant management, and cross-region capabilities. You'll design and implement systems that ensure proper tenant isolation while enabling efficient environment lifecycle management. This is a unique opportunity to establish our cloud platform team and have a direct impact on our platform's scalability and security, working with cutting-edge technologies and solving complex distributed systems challenges.

You will report to Charles Cooke, head of cloud operations.

Your responsibilities:

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

Is this you?

1. Have 8+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering or related role (site reliability engineering)
2. Have 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams
3. Are passionate about building secure, scalable multi-tenant platforms
4. Have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
5. Are proficient in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
6. Have deep experience with multi-tenant architectures and tenant isolation
7. Can write clean, maintainable code in Python, Go, or similar languages
8. Understand containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
9. Have proven experience with cross-region deployments and active-active architectures
10. Are comfortable working with multiple development teams
11. Can communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
12. Take ownership of projects and drive them to completion
13. Are excited about building automated infrastructure solutions
14. Have a strong focus on security and tenant isolation
15. Are comfortable with on-call responsibilities
16. Have experience with agile development methodologies
17. Have experience establishing new teams and best practices
18. Can balance technical leadership with hands-on implementation
19. Are excited about solving complex distributed systems challenges
20. 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, etc.
• Learning and development stipend
• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
• Competitive compensation and company stock options

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development