Senior Staff Platform Engineer

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Lead the design and evolution of Veeam's global cloud infrastructure, leveraging deep expertise in Azure and AWS to enhance disaster recovery and developer experience.

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Staff Platform Engineer to lead the design and evolution of our global cloud infrastructure, with deep expertise in either Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services (AWS), or both. This role is ideal for a hands-on infrastructure expert with a track record of designing secure, scalable, and maintainable systems that support enterprise-grade SaaS platforms. 

You’ll play a critical role in building and operating the foundation of our modern data protection platform, helping define the future of our cloud architecture, disaster recovery readiness, and internal developer experience. 

What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and evolve cloud infrastructure using modern Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Pulumi)
  • Architect and manage core cloud services, including networking, identity/access control, account/subscription hierarchy, and resource governance
  • Define and implement cloud-based disaster recovery strategiesthat meet enterprise RTO/RPO requirements 
  • Drive standards for high availability, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency across our cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS)
  • Lead initiatives that improve developer experience, platform reliability, and operational excellence
  • Build internal tooling and automation to simplify cloud adoption and resource provisioning for engineering teams
  • Serve as a technical leader and mentor, guiding engineers across platform, SRE, and product teams
  • Partner with security, compliance, and operations teams to enforce cloud architecture policies and guardrails
  • Represent the platform team in architecture reviews, planning discussions, and cross-functional programs

Technologies You’ll Work With

  • Azure (e.g., VNETs, Azure AD, AKS, Private Link)
  • AWS (e.g., VPC, IAM, EKS, PrivateLink, Organizations)
  • Terraform, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, GitHub Actions, Go, Bash, Python

What You’ll Bring

  • 8+ yearsof experience in cloud infrastructure roles, with deep expertise in AzureAWS, or both 
  • Experience designing and supporting production infrastructure for enterprise SaaS applications
  • Proven experience defining and implementing disaster recoveryand business continuity plans in the cloud 
  • Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, multi-account/subscription architecture, and policy enforcement
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or Pulumi) and CI/CD systems
  • Skilled in scripting or programming (e.g., Bash, Python, or Go)
  • Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale technical initiatives and drive adoption of best practices
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing architecture beyond your immediate team
  • Clear, direct communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Bonus Skills

  • Experience working in multi-cloud environments 
  • Familiarity with internal developer platforms, service mesh, or API gateway patterns
  • Knowledge of cloud compliance frameworks and security best practices

What You’ll Get

  • 26 paid days off annually, plus 3 global VeeaMe Days for self-care and paid volunteer time
  • Paid parental, maternity, and paternity leave
  • Fully covered family medical plan, dental, rehab, and vaccinations
  • Life, critical illness, and disability insurance
  • Employer pension contribution via PPK
  • Monthly Edenred allowance of 450 PLN for meals
  • MultiSport card fully covered by Veeam, giving access to sports facilities nationwide
  • Six free therapy sessions, plus legal and financial advice
  • Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program

Please note: If the applicant is permanently present outside of Poland, Veeam reserves the right to refuse to consider the application for a job. Remote job is only possible in case the employee is located in Poland.

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Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.

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Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Fully covered family medical plan, dental, rehab, and vaccinations
  • Learning Budget: Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program
  • Free therapy sessions and advice: Six free therapy sessions, plus legal and financial advice
  • Paid Parental Leave: Paid parental, maternity, and paternity leave
  • Paid Time Off: 26 paid days off annually, plus 3 global VeeaMe Days for self-care and paid volunteer time

Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to empower every organization to not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward. With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience through data security, data recovery, and data freedom for their hybrid cloud.  The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments that gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps and data are protected and always available. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running.

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