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Cloud Platform Engineer

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4 months ago
Remote, CzechiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Automate deployment, monitoring, and management for AWS cloud infrastructure.
  • Develop and own internal developer tooling and automation.
  • Support container- and Kubernetes-first feature designs as the cloud subject-matter expert.
  • Create and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for safe, compliant, and continuous software delivery.
  • Develop and enhance internal developer and production platforms for high availability and stability.
  • Identify development bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve developer experience and productivity.
  • Create onboarding programs and training resources for developers.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and provide occasional emergency support outside normal hours.
  • Extend observability systems to identify and resolve performance and usability issues.

Requirements

  • At least five years of professional technical experience in software engineering, AWS cloud operations, or a related function.
  • At least three years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • Experience implementing and maintaining Kubernetes CI/CD pipelines using tools such as CircleCI, Argo CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
  • Experience creating internal developer-productivity tooling and automated development environments.
  • Experience provisioning and managing public-cloud infrastructure, especially AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.
  • Experience with Linux container technologies and automated image administration, building, and deployment.
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes operations, including service discovery, deployments, monitoring, scheduling, and load balancing.
  • Proficiency in at least one of Ruby, Python, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, or Bash.
  • Experience using Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure as code.
  • Working knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • Kafka experience in an MSK environment and Elasticsearch experience are pluses.
  • Experience with generative and agentic AI for infrastructure management is a plus, along with demonstrated use of AI tools to improve workflows or decision-making.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

  • Employer of Record (EOR) employment through a Czech Republic partner
  • Flexible time off and 13 paid Czech public holidays
  • Paid sick leave, statutory public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage
  • Maternity, paternity, and parental leave plus additional paid paternity leave
  • Access to Coursera and ongoing professional development
  • International collaboration, potential company-event travel, wellness programs, and company swag
  • Preferably based in Brno, Czech Republic, with a flexible hybrid setup and a new office planned
  • Initial 1–6 month integration with U.S.-based teams before transitioning toward locally led squads

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaArgo CDAWSBashCircleCIDockerElasticsearchGitHub ActionsJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMySQLNode.jsPostgreSQLPythonRubyTerraform

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