Tech Lead, Cloud Strategy

Philip Morris International; Kraków; On-site; PLN 277,000 - 332,000; Full time

Job summary

Philip Morris International is seeking a Tech Lead, Cloud Strategy to drive architecture and delivery of AI-powered platform capabilities on AWS. You will mentor engineers, craft scalable runtimes, and build service registries with semantic discovery while integrating LLM providers and orchestration frameworks.

The role emphasizes security, GitOps, and end-to-end delivery across cross-functional teams. You will lead declarative infrastructure with IaC tools, implement GitOps workflows, and

Qualifications

• . 7+ years in cloud/platform engineering or similar.
• AI/ML platforms: hands-on with managed runtimes and orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with AWS services and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and make architecture decisions for AI platform initiatives.
• Lead proof-of-concepts and evaluations for new technologies.
• Mentor engineers on cloud-native patterns and platform engineering.
• Collaborate with product, security, and operations to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

Python

CI/CD

IaC

OpenTelemetry

Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

Pulumi

Argo CD

Flux

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

MAKE HISTORY WITH US!

The Tech Lead, Cloud Strategy is a technical leadership role within the Platform Engineering team, responsible for delivering cross-functional strategic initiatives that accelerate business on AWS. This role requires deep hands‑on expertise in AWS services, Python, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and specially AI-oriented platform capabilities (managed runtimes, registries, tool discovery, orchestration frameworks). The Tech Lead sets technical direction through architecture decisions, code reviews, engineering and security standards, and mentorship within an existing team.

Your day-to-day

AI Platform Capabilities

• Architect and implement managed runtime environments for AI workloads on AWS.
• Build service registries with semantic discovery and gateway integrations.
• Integrate LLM providers (e.g., AWS Bedrock) and orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, Strands, or equivalent).
• Implement communication protocols (MCP, A2A) for tool discovery and service-to-service interaction.
• Develop Python platform code: runtime handlers, SDK integrations, configuration management, and developer-facing templates.

Platform Engineering & Infrastructure

• Build and maintain declarative infrastructure using IaC tools (e.g., Crossplane, Terraform) with GitOps-friendly patterns.
• Implement GitOps workflows (e.g., Argo CD, Flux) for continuous reconciliation and environment promotion.
• Design and operate CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with security gates: SAST, SCA, container scanning, and automated deployment.
• Build and deploy containerized services on AWS (ARM64/Graviton, ECR, multi-arch Docker builds).
• Implement observability (tracing, metrics, structured logging) using OpenTelemetry as the instrumentation framework and backend tools such as CloudWatch, X-Ray, Elastic, New Relic, or equivalent.

Cross-Functional, End-to-End Delivery

• Collaborate with product owners, developers, operations, and security to deliver integrated solutions.
• Drive initiatives from architecture through production deployment, maintaining quality and timelines.
• Identify and resolve delivery bottlenecks across teams.
• Translate business requirements into platform capabilities that reduce cognitive load for consuming teams.

Technical Leadership

• Set technical direction and make architecture decisions for the team’s initiatives.
• Conduct code reviews and define engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers on cloud-native patterns, AI infrastructure, and platform engineering.
• Lead proof-of-concepts and technical assessments for new technologies.
• Evaluate build‑vs‑buy decisions aligned with organizational goals.

Collaboration and Communication

• Partner with stakeholders to align initiatives with business priorities.
• Act as subject matter expert in cloud and AI platform engineering during cross-functional planning.
• Produce architecture decision records, technical documentation, and runbooks.

Who are we looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years in cloud/platform engineering
  • AI/ML platforms: Hands‑on with at least one — managed runtimes, LLM orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, Strands, CrewAI), service registries, or model serving infrastructure.
  • AWS (deep): IAM, ECR, Lambda, VPC, CloudWatch, X-Ray, Secrets Manager, KMS, API Gateway, Bedrock.
  • Python: Production‑grade — async patterns, SDK integrations, framework internals. Not scripting.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Crossplane, Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent. Declarative, GitOps‑friendly patterns.
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions or equivalent. Multi‑stage pipelines with security scanning, container builds, automated deployment.
  • Containers & Kubernetes: Docker (multi‑arch/ARM64), ECR, Kubernetes resource model.
  • GitOps: Argo CD, Flux, or equivalent. Continuous reconciliation, manifest management, environment promotion.
  • Observability: OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, structured logging, production monitoring.
  • Cross‑functional collaboration and end‑to‑end solution delivery.
• Orchestration patterns: runtime registries, tool/service discovery (MCP protocol), A2A communication.
• Workflow orchestration: Step Functions or similar for provisioning workflows.
• Security: SigV4, Cedar/OPA policies, container vulnerability scanning (Polaris, Snyk, Trivy).
• Developer experience: self‑service platforms, golden path templates.
• Cloud security, governance, and compliance standards.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
• Certifications (Preferred):
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer.
  • CKA/CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Developer).

For Poland

In this position, you will earn no less than 27 300 PLN gross per month

Relocation support is not available for this job

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