Principal Cloud Platform Engineer (Cloud)

TL;DR

Principal Cloud Platform Engineer (Cloud): Leading the architecture and execution of next-generation cloud infrastructure and developer experience with an accent on scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions. Focus on driving complex technical initiatives, optimizing platform domains, and enhancing developer experience.

Location: Hybrid (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Company

hirify.global is a technology company that unlocks freedom to innovate for the travel industry.

What you will do

• Drive architectural leadership and tackle complex technical problems.
• Identify technical gaps and propose optimizations across platform domains.
• Own large technical initiatives from concept to rollout.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment with product and security teams.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to improve developer experience.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers.

Requirements

• Strong experience in cloud engineering, particularly with GCP and/or AWS.
• Expertise in Kubernetes architecture and administration.
• Deep knowledge of modern release engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of observability best practices and tooling.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code solutions, particularly Terraform.
• Exceptional communication skills for articulating complex concepts.