Principal Cloud Platform Architect (Remote UK)

Alphasense; Greater London; Remote; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the Core Cloud Platform, owning the cloud, Kubernetes and storage surface. You’ll shape the architectural roadmap, manage Helm charts, automate cell provisioning, and drive cross‑cell standards across dozens of teams.

You’ll work with senior engineers to improve reliability, security and performance while embracing AI tooling to enhance infrastructure workflows in a remote UK environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive Kubernetes and cloud experience in production SaaS.
• Strong architectural mindset for cloud, Kubernetes and storage.
• Experience operating large Kubernetes fleets and multi-region setups.
• Proficiency in Python and Golang; CI/CD best practices.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural roadmap for cloud, Kubernetes and storage.
• Own Helm chart layer and cloud configuration for Cloud Core.
• Automate cell provisioning and cross-cell gating mechanisms.
• Operate and evolve cloud/Kubernetes platforms and data stores.
• Improve security, reliability, cost efficiency and performance.
• Drive standardisation, self-service workflows and tooling.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Python

Golang

CI/CD

Cloud architecture

Tools

Docker

Helm

Vault

PostgreSQL

Job description

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the Core Cloud Platform, owning the cloud, Kubernetes and storage surface. You’ll shape the architectural roadmap, manage Helm charts, automate cell provisioning, and drive cross‑cell standards across dozens of teams.

You’ll work with senior engineers to improve reliability, security and performance while embracing AI tooling to enhance infrastructure workflows in a remote UK environment.