Principal Cloud Engineer, Azure — SaaS Platform Lead

TOPdesk; Delft; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TOPdesk is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer in Delft to serve as the senior technical authority for cloud engineering behind our large-scale SaaS platform, ensuring 24/7 availability and performance. You will shape the cloud strategy with the Director of Cloud & Developer Operations, mentor engineers, and guide architectural decisions, driving cross-team initiatives within Deploy, Run & Optimize.

This is hands-on technical leadership, not management, focused on AI-native tooling,

Qualifications

• Extensive cloud engineering experience with SaaS platforms.
• Proven ability to lead technical direction across teams.
• Hands-on in cloud estate with DevOps/CloudOps focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-team cloud initiatives in Deploy, Run & Optimize.
• Mentor engineers and guide architectural decisions.
• Ensure 24/7 reliability, performance, and observability.

Skills

Cloud architecture

SaaS engineering

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

TOPdesk is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer in Delft to serve as the senior technical authority for cloud engineering behind our large-scale SaaS platform, ensuring 24/7 availability and performance. You will shape the cloud strategy with the Director of Cloud & Developer Operations, mentor engineers, and guide architectural decisions, driving cross-team initiatives within Deploy, Run & Optimize.

This is hands-on technical leadership, not management, focused on AI-native tooling,