Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
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Posted 96d ago
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Remote, UK
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United Kingdom
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The listing
Senior 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.
- Experience implementing/maintaining cloud compliance standards (SOC2, ISO-27001)
- Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog
- Background in implementing security best practices in cloud infrastructure
Why Prolific is a great place to work
We've built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioral data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems.
We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won't come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breath and the best of humanity.
Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.
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