Cloud platform engineer

Writer
London
About this role

Writer is experiencing an incredible market moment as generative AI has taken the world by storm. We're looking for a cloud platform engineer to establish our cloud platform team, focusing on building and scaling our multi-cloud architecture across AWS, GCP and Azure regions. In this founding role, you'll architect and implement highly scalable systems that handle complex multi-tenant workloads while ensuring proper tenant isolation and security.

As a cloud platform engineer, you'll work closely with our development teams to build robust, automated solutions for environment buildout, tenant management, and cross-region capabilities. You'll design and implement systems that ensure proper tenant isolation while enabling efficient environment lifecycle management. This is a unique opportunity to establish our cloud platform team and have a direct impact on our platform's scalability and security, working with cutting-edge technologies and solving complex distributed systems challenges.

You will report to Charles Cooke, head of cloud operations.

Your responsibilities:
  • Establish and lead the cloud platform team
  • Architect and implement multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP and Azure regions
  • Design and build highly scalable, distributed systems for multi-tenant workloads
  • Define and implement best practices for automated infrastructure across cloud providers
  • Architect and implement tenant isolation mechanisms to ensure data security and compliance
  • Create and manage environment lifecycle automation for dev/qa/demo environments
  • Design and implement cross-region capabilities and active-active deployments
  • Develop tenant migration and pod management solutions
  • Collaborate with development teams to understand tenant requirements and constraints
  • Implement infrastructure as code for region-level deployments
  • Monitor and optimize tenant isolation and security
  • Document tenant management processes and best practices
  • Stay current with industry trends in multi-tenant architectures
  • Participate in on-call rotation for critical platform services
  • Contribute to technical decisions around tenant isolation and region management
  • Mentor and grow the cloud platform team
  • Implement and maintain deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines
  • Design and optimize Kubernetes infrastructure for multi-tenant workloads
  • Drive infrastructure cost optimization and efficiency
☆ Is this you?
  • Have 8+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering or related role (site reliability engineering)
  • Have 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams
  • Are passionate about building secure, scalable multi-tenant platforms
  • Have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Are proficient in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
  • Have deep experience with multi-tenant architectures and tenant isolation
  • Can write clean, maintainable code in Python, Go, or similar languages
  • Understand containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Have proven experience with cross-region deployments and active-active architectures
  • Are comfortable working with multiple development teams
  • Can communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Take ownership of projects and drive them to completion
  • Are excited about building automated infrastructure solutions
  • Have a strong focus on security and tenant isolation
  • Are comfortable with on-call responsibilities
  • Have experience with agile development methodologies
  • Have experience establishing new teams and best practices
  • Can balance technical leadership with hands-on implementation
  • Are excited about solving complex distributed systems challenges
  • Have experience with multi-cloud architectures and hybrid deployments
Benefits & perks (UK full-time employees):
  • Generous PTO, plus company holidays
  • Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
  • Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)
  • Fertility and family planning support
  • Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
  • Competitive pension scheme and company contribution
  • Annual work-life stipends for:
    • Home office setup, cell phone, internet
    • Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
    • Learning and development stipend
  • Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
  • Competitive compensation and company stock options
Posted 2025-06-07

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