Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platform & Operations

Our client is a fast‑growing technology company building modern infrastructure for AI‑driven applications. To strengthen their cloud foundation, were looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Cloud Operations team — a group responsible for the reliability, scalability, and evolution of their cloud‑native platform.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure. You'll design and operate core platform components, shape the future of their managed cloud offering, and help ensure the system runs smoothly at scale.

Your Role

Platform Engineering

Design, build, and operate foundational cloud platform components

Develop and maintain Kubernetes clusters, including custom operators

Write production‑grade Go and Python code for platform services and automation

Reliability & Scalability

Improve the stability, performance, and cost efficiency of cloud environments across AWS, GCP, and Azure

Strengthen observability through metrics, logging, alerting, and monitoring frameworks

Participate in incident response, root‑cause analysis, and long‑term system hardening

Automation & Operations

Automate operational workflows, integrations, and infrastructure processes

Reduce operational overhead (KTLO) through engineering‑driven improvements

Collaborate closely with Platform, Regions & Clusters, and Feature teams to ensure seamless delivery

What You Bring

5–7+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, or SRE‑focused roles

Strong proficiency in Go and Python (expertise in one with willingness to use both)

Hands‑on experience running Kubernetes in production

Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud‑native architectures

Experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Familiarity with CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, and automation tooling

Comfortable participating in on‑call rotations and managing production incidents

Strong ownership mindset and clear communication skills

Nice to Have

Experience building Kubernetes operators or control‑plane components

Background in SaaS, database, or systems‑level products

Exposure to Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or similar observability tools

Knowledge of networking, load balancing, or service meshes

Contributions to open‑source projects

What's on Offer

Competitive salary, equity, and benefits

Fully remote role with flexible working hours

High‑impact position within a core cloud engineering team

Opportunity to work on large‑scale Kubernetes and multi‑cloud systems

Clear growth path

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