Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Location Qualifications: Bucharest (hybrid, 2xweek in office)

Position Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to help design, build, and operate a reliable, scalable, and secure cloud platform that supports multiple product teams.
This role is focused on cloud infrastructure, automation, and operations—not data engineering.

You will work on the foundation that enables engineering teams to ship safely and efficiently at scale.

What you’ll be doing

• Build for Scale: Architect and engineer robust, cost-efficient, and high-performing cloud infrastructure and platform services on AWS.
  
  
• Enable Reliable Systems: Design and optimize platform components that connect services, support production workloads, and enable teams to operate safely at scale.
  
  
• Automate Everything: Use Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK) to automate provisioning and manage cloud resources seamlessly.
  
  
• Stay Ahead of the Curve: Set up best-in-class monitoring, alerting, and logging. Spot issues before they impact users—and fix them fast.
  
  
• Think Big: Help shape our cloud and platform strategy and bring new ideas to life. You’re not just running infrastructure—you’re evolving the platform.
  
  
• Be the Guardian of the Platform: Champion best practices in cloud security, access control, compliance, and reliability.
  
  
• Document Like a Pro: Create clear, practical platform documentation that engineers actually want to use.
  
  
• Lead & Collaborate: Take technical ownership of initiatives. Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to support production systems.
  
  
• Mentor & Grow: Share your knowledge, coding standards, and operational best practices. Raise the bar—and help others grow with you.

Experience That Stands Out

• Cloud Services: Strong hands-on experience with AWS (e.g. EC2, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, Step Functions, CloudWatch).
  
  
• IaC Mastery: Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally AWS CDK (bonus if you’re fluent in TypeScript).
  
  
• Coding Power: Comfortable writing production-quality code in TypeScript and/or Python for automation and tooling.
  
  
• Cloud Operations Know-How: Experience operating cloud infrastructure at scale, including reliability, performance, and cost optimization.
  
  
• DevOps / Software Craft: Solid understanding of Git, CI/CD pipelines, testing, and modern engineering practices.
  
  
• Containers: Hands-on experience with Docker and container platforms such as Kubernetes, ECS, or Fargate.

Mindset That Moves Us

• Problem Solver: Analytical, pragmatic, and eager to tackle complex infrastructure and operational challenges.
  
  
• Clear Communicator: Able to explain technical concepts clearly—to engineers and non-technical stakeholders alike.
  
  
• Ownership Mentality: You take responsibility, follow through, and care deeply about production systems.
  
  
• Team Multiplier: You collaborate, share knowledge, and raise the bar for those around you.

Bonus Points

• Experience supporting data platforms and workloads from a DataOps / operational perspective (reliability, availability, access, cost).
  
  
• Familiarity with AWS data services (e.g. S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena) in production environments.
  
  
• Experience operating or supporting streaming platforms such as Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or Debezium, with a focus on operations and reliability.
  
  
• Exposure to observability, security, or cost optimization for data-intensive systems.
  
  

What you can expect from Showpad

We welcome every voice and are committed to building a truly inclusive environment where your differences are not just welcomed, they are celebrated. We’re building a best-in-class experience for our employees and are always identifying opportunities to encourage our team to be their authentic selves. Whether that’s paid parental leave, paid holidays (including Juneteenth and paid time off to vote), paid time off to volunteer at non-profit organisations, personal development opportunities or professional stretch assignments, you can expect Showpad to support you. 

Showpad’s Commitment

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other dimensions of identity.

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