Cloud Platform Engineer
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer on Prolific's Platform team: manages and optimises Kubernetes clusters on GKE via Terraform, runs GitOps with ArgoCD, supports SOC2/ISO-27001 compliance, joins an on-call rota, and builds automation and self-service golden paths for developers. Core stack: Kubernetes/GKE, GCP, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Python/TypeScript.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Remote, UK
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Extensive experience administering and optimising large-scale Kubernetes clusters
- Strong experience with Kubernetes tooling, such as Helm and kustomize
- Strong experience with GitOps tooling and methodologies, such as ArgoCD
- Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform services and architecture
- Strong knowledge in GKE and Kubernetes, including maintenance and optimisation of production clusters
- Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation
- Solid programming skills in Python and/or TypeScript
- Experience creating developer-focused documentation and self-service solutions
- Strong customer empathy, with a focus on supporting the needs of internal teams
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS and CDK (multi-cloud team)
- Experience implementing/maintaining cloud compliance standards (SOC2, ISO-27001)
- Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog
- Background in implementing security best practices in cloud infrastructure
Full description
Cloud Platform Engineer
Team: Platform
Prolific
Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditised, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.
The role
Our Cloud Platform team empowers developers to build and deploy their applications swiftly, securely, and seamlessly. As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you'll be deep in Prolific's technical foundation, ensuring our infrastructure remains scalable, reliable, and ready for growth. You'll implement automation strategies that reduce complexity, champion best practices, and serve as a trusted technical expert to teams across Prolific.
What you’ll bring to the role
- Extensive experience administering and optimising large-scale Kubernetes clusters
- Strong experience with Kubernetes tooling, such as Helm and kustomize
- Strong experience with GitOps tooling and methodologies, such as ArgoCD
- Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform services and architecture
- Strong knowledge in GKE and Kubernetes, including maintenance and optimisation of production clusters
- Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation
- Solid programming skills in Python and/or TypeScript
- Experience creating developer-focused documentation and self-service solutions that enable teams to easily self-serve
- Strong customer empathy, with a focus on supporting the needs of internal teams (our Prolificos)
What you’ll be doing in the role
- Manage and optimise our Kubernetes clusters in GKE through Terraform
- Support our compliance with SOC2, ISO-27001, and Cyber Essentials standards in our cloud environments
- Design and implement golden paths and automation strategies that empower developers to self-serve while reducing operational complexity
- Create and maintain infrastructure solutions that allow development teams to build and deploy safely, easily, and efficiently
- Serve as the technical point-of-contact for GCP and Kubernetes-related queries, providing expertise to other Prolificos
- Be a part of our rolling on-call rota
Even better if you have
- We’re a multi-cloud team - experience with AWS and CDK is a big plus.