Principal Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Storage

Alphasense; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Core Cloud Platform to lead the architectural roadmap for cloud, Kubernetes, and storage at scale across hundreds of clusters. You will own cloud configuration, Helm charts, and the cell-based provisioning model, partnering with Engineering leaders and senior staff globally to drive AI-friendly infrastructure.

Strong Kubernetes, AWS, and data storage expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Extremely experienced in Kubernetes and AWS cloud.
• Proven track record of running Kubernetes and Cloud based production SaaS systems at scale.
• Experience operating Kubernetes as a large fleet with hundreds of clusters.
• Strong knowledge of data storages across SQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse and Elasticsearch.
• Strong operational and troubleshooting skill with Kubernetes, databases and messaging systems.
• Deep understanding of networking and production level usage of service meshes and gateways.
• Experience separating infrastructure configuration from application code at scale.
• Experience with cell-based, multi-tenant or multi-region architectures.
• Proficiency in Python and Golang.
• Evangelist of highly performant CI/CD practices that support agentic workflows.
• Ability and desire to design, lead, influence and deliver on ambitious technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own the architectural roadmap for our cloud, Kubernetes, and storage platform.
• Own cloud-side configuration and the Helm chart layer for Cloud Core.
• Build the cell registry and automate provisioning to take new cell setup from weeks to days.
• Design the cross-cell gate mechanism as the reusable standard checkpoint across every cell.
• Own, operate and evolve our Cloud and Kubernetes platform, including our data storage layers.
• Make operations (upgrades, patching, lifecycle management) routine across hundreds of clusters.
• Continuously improve the security, reliability, cost efficiency and performance of our infrastructure.
• Champion standards and drive initiatives to promote uniformisation and eliminate duplication.
• Enable truly self-service and agentic workflow patterns that support a Build it ‑ Own it model.
• Build tooling and AI powered integrations that reduce the cognitive load in cloud.
• Architect, design and implement simple and maintainable solutions.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

AWS cloud

Python

Golang

CI/CD experience

Architectural leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Terraform

ClickHouse

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Vespa

HashiCorp Vault

Docker tooling

Job description

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Core Cloud Platform to lead the architectural roadmap for cloud, Kubernetes, and storage at scale across hundreds of clusters. You will own cloud configuration, Helm charts, and the cell-based provisioning model, partnering with Engineering leaders and senior staff globally to drive AI-friendly infrastructure.

Strong Kubernetes, AWS, and data storage expertise are essential.