Senior Cloud Engineer I

Overview

In this role you drive the cloud foundations for Checkout.com’s global payments platform. You will own and evolve multi-cloud infrastructure, primarily AWS and Azure, treating infrastructure as software and shipping with CI/CD. You’ll design scalable, secure architectures and build reusable Terraform modules, shaping the platform as a product with users, SLOs, and a roadmap. You work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory-compliant, highly available services at scale. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends engineering excellence with mentorship and strategic impact.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• opportunity for growth
• impact-driven work
• global team collaboration

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and delivery of large-scale platform projects from architecture to production
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules and secure state management, promoting IaC practices
• Collaborate with engineering managers and architects to refine requirements and ADRs
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for team-owned services, ensuring high availability and incident response
• Promote best practices, code quality, and cross-team standards
• Manage technical dependencies across pillars to balance speed and business outcomes
• Foster Checkout Operating Principles to shape group culture and efficiency
• Explore and implement AI-driven automation to improve infrastructure efficiency

Key requirements

• 5+ years in cloud engineering with deep AWS experience
• Production experience with Azure including landing zones and governance models
• Strong software engineering mindset with IaC and Python automation
• Expert-level Terraform experience and CI/CD with Git-based workflows (Spacelift)
• Solid cloud networking skills (VPC/VNet, hub-and-spoke, PrivateLink)
• Kubernetes experience in production (EKS/AKS)
• Security/compliance awareness for regulated environments; PCI DSS is a plus
• Leadership and mentorship abilities; incident resolution and root-cause analysis
• Ability to work in a complex, established estate with fast-moving delivery
• Bachelor or related degree helpful but not required

• leadership
• mentorship
• problem-solving
• AWS multi-account architectures (Control Tower, Organizations)
• IAM, KMS, core AWS services
• Azure landing zones and VNet architectures

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