Senior Cloud Engineer

Cari; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private medical care

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Free parking

Job summary

HSBC seeks a hands-on, autonomous Platform Engineer to architect and run enterprise‑grade cloud platforms. You’ll own platform primitives, IaC pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration, delivering secure, scalable solutions while reducing toil.

You will partner with engineers, product owners, and client leads to translate complex business problems into practical cloud architectures, upholding high standards of security, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• High autonomy: demonstrated track record leading complex technical initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Technology enthusiasm: active interest in the evolving cloud‑native landscape (Kubernetes, platform automation, GitOps, zero‑trust).
• Consultative presence: strong verbal and written communication skills; confident whiteboarding solutions and advising senior/executive stakeholders.
• Enterprise navigation: proven ability to deliver in a large, regulated, matrix organisation - working effectively across security, risk, architecture, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and evolution of enterprise‑grade cloud landing zones, developer self‑service tools, and platform primitives.
• Write reusable, production‑grade Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment pipelines.
• Architect and maintain container platform primitives (GKE/EKS/AKS), GitOps workflows, and ingress/networking layers.
• Take end‑to‑end accountability for platform reliability, performance tuning, cost optimisation, and observability.
• Serve as the primary SME in technical discovery sessions, customer design reviews, and architectural alignment meetings.
• Partner with software engineers, product owners, and client leads to turn business problems into executable technical blueprints.

Skills

Autonomy

Cloud-native

Communication

Enterprise navigation

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Pulumi

Helm

Kubernetes

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others. If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Your career opportunity

The CTO Platform Engineering & Architecture (CTOp) organisation sits within the Chief Technology Office (CTO) and is responsible for building next-gen application and AI platforms that remove toil and reduce operational overhead through integrated controls and open-source solutions – making software delivery faster, safer, and more reliable every time. CTOp also sets architecture and engineering standards, builds core application, developer and AI platforms, and automates controls so teams can move code (or containers) to production quickly and consistently.

The position is a hands‑on self‑driven, highly autonomous technical engineer who is genuinely passionate about modern cloud architecture, automation, and platform engineering.

The expectation for this role is that you are someone who doesn't wait for a detailed specification to act. Instead, you identify friction, propose solutions, and drive initiatives to completion. You thrive on exploring emerging tech, staying ahead of industry trends, and bringing fresh, pragmatic ideas to the table. Whether you are architecting an internal developer platform or advising a client on complex cloud topology, you bring high energy, clear ownership, and technical excellence.

What you’ll do

1) Autonomous Execution & Platform Deliverables

• Drive Platform Roadmap: Autonomously lead the design, build, and evolution of enterprise‑grade cloud landing zones, developer self‑service tools, and platform primitives.
• IaC & Automation: Write reusable, production‑grade Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment pipelines to enable seamless platform delivery.
• Kubernetes Ecosystem: Architect and maintain container platform primitives (EKS/AKS/GKE), GitOps workflows, and ingress/networking layers.
• Ownership & SRE: Take end‑to‑end accountability for platform reliability, performance tuning, cost optimisation, and observability.

2) Customer Consultancy & Engineering Solutioning

• Technical Advisory: Serve as the primary SME in technical discovery sessions, customer design reviews, and architectural alignment meetings.
• Collaborative Solutioning: Partner directly with software engineers, product owners, and client leads to turn business problems into executable technical blueprints.
• Technology Advocacy: Evaluate new cloud technologies and frameworks, championing best practices across internal teams and customer environments.

What you’ll need to succeed in this role

• High autonomy: Demonstrated track record leading complex technical initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Technology enthusiasm: Active interest in the evolving cloud‑native landscape (Kubernetes, platform automation, GitOps, zero‑trust).
• Consultative presence: Strong verbal and written communication skills; confident whiteboarding solutions and advising senior/executive stakeholders.
• Enterprise navigation: Proven ability to deliver in a large, regulated, matrix organisation - working effectively across security, risk, architecture, and operations.

Full‑Stack Infrastructure Capabilities

• Public cloud: SME‑level public cloud skills in a multi‑cloud setting. This role is GCP‑focused, but we’re open to strong AWS/Azure practitioners motivated to transition to GCP.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or native IaC tooling.
• Containers & orchestration: Deep hands‑on expertise with Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/AKS), Helm, and container security.

What we offer

Additional car allowance in the amount of 4786 PLN (monthly, gross).

Variable pay is discretionary, but influenced by Group performance, business/function performance and individual performance.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits covering healthcare, family friendly leaves, pension and life assurance, as well as many other benefits to support your wellbeing.

• Additional bonuses for recognition awards
• Multisport card
• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• One‑time reimbursement of home office set‑up (up to 800 PLN)
• Cafeteria platform
• Employee assistance program
• Additional contributions to PPK scheme
• Corporate parties & events
• CSR initiatives
• Nursery discounts
• Financial support with trainings and education
• Social fund
• Flexible working hours
• Free parking

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.