If you’ve spent time in GCP and found yourself thinking“this could be so much better if the platform was designed properly”, this role might feel familiar in the best way.
This is an opportunity to work on a true internal platform. Not a ticket factory, not a “keep the lights on” role, but a chance to design, build and run cloud capabilities that other engineers genuinely want to use.
Why this role is interesting if you’ve worked with GCP
You’ll be operating at the platform layer, shaping how teams consume cloud rather than reacting to it. The focus is on:
- Designing and running cloud environments and shared services across GCP (with AWS exposure where it adds value)
- Building self-service capabilities that improve developer experience, speed, and reliability
- Applying SRE principles to raise performance, resilience, and observability across the platform
- Automating aggressively, reducing friction, and removing toil wherever it appears
You’ll work closely with product teams, security, and other engineers to ensure the platform is secure, scalable, and aligned with real customer and business needs.
What you’ll be doing day-to-day:
- Designing, developing and running cloud platform capabilities
- Improving developer experience through performant, secure, and resilient tooling
- Partnering with security to ensure strong controls without slowing delivery
- Using SRE practices to continuously measure and improve system health
- Delivering platform roadmap outcomes across cloud, data, and integration technologies
- Providing technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers
- Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary group of internal and external specialists
This role tends to resonate with engineers who:
- Have hands-on experience with GCP and enjoy working close to the control plane
- Care about how platforms are consumed, not just how they’re built
- Like balancing autonomy with collaboration
- Enjoy improving systems that other engineers rely on every day
- Want to influence standards, practices, and long-term platform direction
What’s in it for you
- Work on meaningful, shared platform problems with visible impact
- Influence engineering practices and platform strategy
- Exposure to modern cloud, SRE, and security-first approaches
- A collaborative environment that values thoughtful design and continuous improvement
If you’re a Senior Platform Engineer who enjoys building foundations rather than working around them, this is worth a closer look.