Cloud platform engineer

Overview

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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.

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

Qualifications

• 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; Learning and development stipend
• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
• Competitive compensation and company stock options

• 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

• 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; Learning and development stipend
• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
• Competitive compensation and company stock options