OfferUp
Technology
SeniorCloudEngineer
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“Senior Cloud Engineer at OfferUp. Skills: Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Application security, Backend development. Maintain cloud infrastructure. Evolve cloud infrastructure”
Industry & Context.
Debugging complex distributed systems
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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