[Hiring] Senior Cloud Platform Engineer @Muttdata

Role Description

Muttdata is looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join a strategic initiative focused on deploying and operating Data & AI platforms. You will join the client's platform team and own the cloud infrastructure that its product and data teams deploy on. The work centers on:

• Kubernetes clusters on AWS
• GitOps delivery with ArgoCD
• Reliability for regulated, high availability financial workloads

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code on AWS:
  • Deploy and maintain infrastructure using Terraform on AWS.
  • Ensure infrastructure complies with enterprise security, networking, and governance standards.
  • Collaborate with Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture teams on platform requirements and integrations.
• Administration & Operations of Data & AI Platforms:
  • Operate and govern production-grade platforms running on Kubernetes / EKS.
  • Manage platforms such as Langfuse, LiteLLM, ClickHouse, Redis, and future Data & AI tooling.
  • Design and maintain:
    • Backup & restore strategies
    • High Availability (HA) configurations
    • Shared cache and distributed rate limiting mechanisms
    • Horizontal and vertical scaling strategies
    • Platform upgrades and dependency management
  • Integrate secrets and credentials management through Vault.
  • Troubleshoot production incidents and improve operational recovery processes.
  • Read and understand platform documentation to ensure optimal deployment and operation on Kubernetes environments.
• DevOps / SRE Automation:
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
  • Automate operational workflows and deployment processes.
  • Improve observability, monitoring, and operational reliability.
  • Create operational runbooks and reduce manual toil through automation.
  • Continuously improve platform stability, scalability, and developer experience.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in DevOps, SRE or cloud platform engineering, with at least 3 years running Kubernetes in production.
• Deep hands-on AWS experience: EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS and related networking.
• Production experience with ArgoCD and GitOps practices.
• Strong Terraform skills, including reusable modules and remote state.
• Helm, Docker and CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline.
• Scripting in Bash and Python.
• Observability and incident management experience on high traffic, high availability systems.
• Experience in financial services, payments or another regulated industry.
• Advanced English, written and spoken, to work directly with US based teams.

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), or the CKA or CKAD certification.
• Experience with Azure, GCP, OpenShift or on-prem Kubernetes (for example VMware Tanzu).
• Progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts, plus policy as code with OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno.
• Cost optimization for AWS and Kubernetes workloads.
• Experience leading or mentoring a DevOps team.
• Spanish, to work with Muttdata's LATAM teams.

Benefits

• In-Company English Lessons.
• AWS & Databricks certifications fully covered.
• Birthday off + an extra vacation week (Mutt Week!).
• Referral bonuses – help us grow the team & get rewarded!
• Annual Mutters' Trip – an unforgettable getaway with the team!