Senior Cloud Engineer I
Checkout.com3 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Own large-scale cloud platform projects end to end, from architecture and Terraform implementation through production delivery.
- Design secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized platform primitives across AWS and Azure.
- Operate and improve multi-account AWS, Azure landing zones, cloud networking, connectivity, and Kubernetes platforms.
- Provide advanced operational support, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and high-availability ownership for team services.
- Shape technical direction with Engineering Managers and architects, document significant decisions, and manage cross-team dependencies.
- Mentor peers, produce exemplary code and documentation, and promote engineering standards and best practices.
- Explore and implement AI-driven automation to improve infrastructure efficiency and team productivity.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in cloud engineering roles, with significant AWS depth.
- Advanced hands-on experience designing and operating enterprise-scale AWS production infrastructure, including multi-account architectures, IAM, KMS, compute, storage, security services, and multi-region architectures.
- Production experience with Azure, including landing zones, VNet architectures, Entra ID, and Azure governance and resource models.
- Expert Terraform experience involving reusable modules, secure state management, and disciplined code review.
- Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD, and Spacelift, plus proficiency in Python or a similar automation language.
- Strong cloud networking experience covering VPC and VNet design, hub-and-spoke architectures, Transit Gateway or Cloud WAN, DNS, private connectivity, and routing.
- Experience running containerized workloads in production, ideally using EKS or AKS, including cluster lifecycle and workload deployment.
- Experience in regulated environments and understanding of change control, least privilege, auditability, observability, and measurement; PCI DSS familiarity is preferred.
- Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor peers, translate ambiguous problems into technical plans, and lead incident resolution.
- A degree in Computer Science or a related field is useful but not required.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model with three days per week in the office.
- Flexible and accessible working environment with support for workplace adjustments.
- Opportunities for ownership, professional growth, meaningful work, and recognition of impact.
About Checkout.com
Checkout.com builds a global payments platform for enterprise merchants, offering card acquiring, payment processing, issuing, and risk/fraud tools across 145+ currencies. It serves ecommerce and digital businesses and earns primarily through transaction and service fees, with direct integrations to schemes like Visa, Mastercard, and Amex. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, the privately held company counts brands such as Spotify, eBay, Uber, Klarna, and Sony among its customers.