Cloud Platform Tech Lead

Responsibilities

• Build cloud control planes: Design and implement Go-based systems that programmatically manage AWS infrastructure — accounts, IAM, networking, and organisational policies — replacing manual Terraform workflows with self-healing, intent-driven automation
• Encode governance as software: Turn compliance, security, and cost requirements into programmable guardrails that are enforced continuously, not checked after the fact — meeting the same bar of reliability and self-service that our engineers already expect from the rest of the platform
• Own partner connectivity: Build and operate the network infrastructure that connects Trade Republic to exchanges, payment providers, and banking partners — ensuring these connections are resilient, secure, and ready ahead of every release
• Own the platform end to end: Participate in the on‑call rotation for cloud infrastructure, ensuring full end‑to‑end ownership of the systems you build and operate
• Own the direction and drive it forward: Define the long‑term cloud platform strategy, drive cross‑team initiatives from kickoff to delivery, and align cloud infrastructure decisions with broader engineering, compliance, and cost goals

What you’ll ship in the first 6 months

• Build control planes that integrate into Kubernetes fleet management — solving cross‑account and cross‑region connectivity, role management at scale, and levelling up our organisational structure
• Continue refining cloud governance standards for IAM, account structure, and cost controls — pushing further toward enforcement through code, not process
• Drive reliability improvements across partner connectivity — reducing manual effort, lead time, and failure modes for provisioning and managing network connections

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Go, with experience building infrastructure automation as software rather than scripts
• Ability to drive cross‑team technical initiatives end‑to‑end, from ambiguous problem to shipped solution
• Deep expertise with AWS — IAM, Organizations, networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN), and multi‑account architectures
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, or equivalent) and a clear understanding of when declarative configuration ends and programmable control planes begin
• We are hiring from senior to staff level, so whether you have a strong foundation and are ready for more ownership or you have been leading cloud platform strategy for large‑scale systems for many years, we would love to hear from you
• The ability to work in a flexible hybrid setup, with 2‑3 days a week in the office
• A track record of building systems that enforce compliance, security, and cost governance through automation rather than manual review
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native architectures in production
• Ability to contribute to architectural decisions and clearly communicate trade‑offs to both engineers and leadership
• 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related SRE/systems discipline