☁ Lead Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering Praha hl.m., Praha

☁ Lead Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering

POPIS POZICE:
Are you a seasoned software engineer with a passion for building reliable, scalable, and automated cloud platforms?
We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering to design, deliver, and optimise the foundation that powers our mission-critical applications.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll write code, design solutions, and at the same time mentor engineers, influence platform strategy, and collaborate across teams to drive adoption of modern DevOps and cloud practices.

? What You’ll Do

Build Cloud Platforms – Design and implement developer-friendly, self-service cloud and on-prem platforms using IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Helm).

Drive CI/CD & Automation – Architect pipelines, automation frameworks, and deployment strategies enabling teams to ship faster and safer.

Coding for Reliability – Write tools, scripts, and services (Python, Go, or similar) that improve monitoring, observability, and platform resilience.

Scalability & Performance – Ensure applications and platforms are designed to handle growth, using Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native services.

Incident Leadership – Guide resolution of complex incidents across infra and applications, with strong debugging skills at system and code levels.

Mentor & Lead – Coach team members, influence engineering best practices, and lead initiatives that balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability.

BENEFITY:
- Annual bonus
- 5 weeks of holiday/year
- 60 sick days per year
- pension contribution
- courses
- home office
- modern offices
- work-life balance
- cafeteria points
- meal vouchers

POŽADAVKY:
✅ What You Bring

Solid background as a software engineer with strong coding/scripting skills (Python, Go, Java, Bash, etc.).

Proven leadership experience (tech lead, team lead, or principal engineer) in cloud/DevOps/SRE/platform contexts.

Deep expertise in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid infrastructure.

Experience with:

Containers & orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)

CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD)

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Monitoring & observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic, Geneos, etc.)

Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL)

Strong grasp of engineering best practices: testing, automation, clean code, and system design.

Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.