OfferUp

Technology

SeniorCloudEngineer

$215–240k Bellevue, Washington, United States; Florida, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Cloud Engineer at OfferUp. Skills: Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Application security, Backend development. Maintain cloud infrastructure. Evolve cloud infrastructure”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Debugging complex distributed systems

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience, Experience supporting production systems, Experience with on-call rotation, Experience debugging distributed systems, Proficiency in Java, TypeScript, Python, or Go, Comfort with scripting, Comfort with SQL, Able to communicate technical concepts, Able to lead through influence, Able to mentor other engineers

Nice to Have

Experience with edge and zero-trust networking, Experience operating data and streaming infrastructure, Experience enabling AI/ML infrastructure, Experience with security and compliance practices, Experience with change management at scale, Experience with incident management at scale, Experience with GCP Workload Identity Federation, Experience with cross-cloud integrations

What You'll Do.

Maintain cloud infrastructure

Evolve cloud infrastructure

Maintain CI/CD pipelines

Evolve CI/CD pipelines

Maintain application security

Evolve application security

Manage change management

Maintain backend application templates

Ensure security for backend services

Keep SDLC running smoothly

Own cloud platform pieces

Design cloud platform

Deploy cloud platform

Operate cloud platform

Shape golden templates

Balance technical ownership

Influence technical direction

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; SDLC for engineers

Communication Scope

Communicate technical concepts

Full Job Description

Team Charter: The Cloud Engineering team is dedicated to maintaining and evolving cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Application Security, Change Management, and Backend application golden templates. We are the backbone of the technical organization, ensuring the foundation of our services is robust, secure, and efficient. About the role: We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering team. This team is tasked with ensuring scalability, reliability, and security for all backend services and keeping the SDLC running smoothly for engineers across the company. As a senior member of the team, you will own meaningful pieces of our cloud platform end-to-end — from design through deployment and operation — while helping shape the standards, tooling, and golden templates that the rest of the engineering organization builds on. You will balance deep, hands-on technical ownership with mentoring teammates and influencing the technical direction of the systems that power a large-scale mobile marketplace. What we love about this role: Scale Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Cloud supporting production systems, on-call, and debugging complex distributed systems. Coding: Proficiency in at least one of Java, TypeScript, Python, or Go for automation, tooling, and platform development; comfort with scripting and SQL. Communication & Leadership: Able to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, lead through influence, and mentor other engineers. Helpful, but not required: Experience with edge and zero-trust networking (Cloudflare, Envoy/Gloo). Experience operating data and streaming infrastructure (Kinesis, Flink, Redis/Valkey, Confluent/Kafka). Experience enabling AI/ML infrastructure or developer tooling (Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, or LLM-based developer workflows). Experience with security and compliance practices, change management, and incident management at scale. Ex

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