Cloud Engineer
Cloud Engineer (AWS)
📍 Amsterdam | Hybrid (2-3 days office) | Permanent
To support our growth, we're looking for a Cloud Engineer who enjoys designing reliable infrastructure, automating everything possible, and helping development teams deliver software faster and more securely.
This is an opportunity to work in a modern AWS environment where cloud infrastructure is treated as code, automation is central to the engineering culture, and you'll have a direct impact on the scalability and resilience of critical financial systems.
What You'll Be Doing
- Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
- Improve the reliability, scalability, and security of our platform.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Automate deployments and operational processes through CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor platform performance and proactively address issues before they impact customers.
- Partner closely with Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, and Security teams to improve developer experience.
- Contribute to cloud architecture decisions and best practices across the organization.
- Participate in incident response and post-incident improvements.
Tech Stack
- AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch)
- Terraform
- Kubernetes & Docker
- GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
- Linux
- Python, Bash, or Go for automation
- PostgreSQL
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in Cloud, Infrastructure, Platform, or DevOps Engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services.
- Experience managing cloud infrastructure through Terraform or similar IaC tools.
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation practices.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and a proactive mindset.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Nice to Have
- Experience within fintech, payments, banking, trading, or other highly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of cloud security and compliance frameworks.
- Experience operating Kubernetes at scale.
- AWS certifications.
FAQs
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